Item 5 - Law Reform Commission consultation on Defamation Law.

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Responses from Kevin Boyle and Marie McGonagle to the Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Defamation (31 May 1991);
Submission made by National Newspapers of Ireland made to the the Law Reform Commission on the same matter (22 May 1991);
Further correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others includes with Marie McGonagle (15 Nov 1991)
Michael O'Kane, Editor Sunday Press, regarding comments by Willie O'Dea, T.D. on need for reform of Ireland's Libel laws (24 Aug 1992);
Frank Cullen of the National Newspapers Ireland, further fax correspondence with McGonagle regarding drafts of comment and report on libel; the Hon. Mr. Thomas A. Finlay, Chief Justice of Ireland, Dublin, 15 Jun 1992;
Padraig Flynn TD, Minister for Justice, Dublin regarding the L.R.C. report on defamation (20 Jul 1992);
Mervyn Taylor, T.D., Minister for Equality and Law Reform, regarding comment on defamation law reform (19 Jul 1995).
File also contains a folder including documents entitled 'Background to NNI Defamation Bill, Summary of NNI in-house practice NNI Preliminary discussion document on defamation law reform, a letter from Frank Cullen, NNI, to an Taoiseach Albert Reynolds T.D., regarding reform of the defamation law. (21 Apr 1994),
Copy of text of address made by the NNI to an Taoiseach (3 May 1994) and other documents relating to this submission and case on defamation law reform.

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