Ian Paisley Jr fined for refusal to reveal sources
Democratic Unionist Party politician Ian Paisley Jr has been ordered to pay a fine for contempt of court after his refusal to reveal the name of a prison officer who informed him of the destruction of...
View ArticleUK: Anti-death penalty exhibition cancelled by organiser
The organiser of an exhibition of anti-death penalty posters has cancelled the event, because he feels it has been censored. Herve Matine said that councillors wanted to split up the collection,...
View ArticleInvestigative journalist wins damages in libel case against NUJ
Suzanne Breen has been awarded damages in her libel case against the National Union of Journalists. She brought an action for defamation against the NUJ when the union’s magazine published a member’s...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: Press Association photographer shot in the leg as Belfast...
Press Association photographer Niall Carson, who was covering violence in east Belfast was shot in the leg during a riot on Monday night. Stones, fireworks, petrol bombs and improvised missiles have...
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Northern Ireland Police threaten academic freedom
As a crucial legal battle comes to a head, Anthony McIntyre explores the contempt for academic research and protection of confidential sources behind the courtroom drama This Wednesday in a Boston...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: Man fined for posting anti-Catholic abuse on Facebook
A man from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was fined £250 for writing “Kill all Taigs” — a pejorative term for Catholics — and “Fuck The Pope” on social networking site Facebook on his 21st birthday...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: Contempt case against Peter Hain dropped
A contempt of court charge brought against former NI Secretary Peter Hain regarding criticisms he made of a judge in Northern Ireland has been dropped. Hain had written to Attorney General John Larkin...
View ArticlePipe bomb planted outside home of Northern Ireland photographer
A pipe bomb was defused early this morning after it was planted outside of the home of Northern Ireland press photographer Mark Pearce. While no one has taken responsibility for the attack, Pearce...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: bullet sent to journalist
Bullets were sent to a journalist and politician in Northern Ireland this weekend, as tensions continue to rise over a controversial decision last month to only fly the Union flag over Belfast City...
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Lords criticise Stormont delay on libel reform
Peers have debated Northern Ireland’s rejection of the Defamation Act 2013. Padraig Reidy reports Will free speech be chilled at Stormont? (Pic: Johnny McGinley/Demotix) The Northern Ireland...
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Stormont must give us a libel law fit for modern age
Mike Harris, Head of Advocacy at Index on Censorship, and Jo Glanville give evidence before the finance committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Wednesday. MLAs will today be told that reform of...
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Why no conviction for the men who killed Martin O’Hagan?
Martin O’Hagan, murdered in 2001 Earlier this week, the Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin suggested that investigations and prosecutions for violence carried out during “the Troubles”...
View Article“Blasphemous” play cancelled in UK after protests by religious fundamentalists
A Bible-based play by acclaimed comedy group The Reduced Shakespeare company has been pulled from the stage after protests from Christian fundamentalists. According to UTV, the company was due to...
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Northern Ireland: Plays sorting through the fallout from Troubles
Julia Farrington travelled to Northern Ireland to participate in the 2014 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Belfast. While there she saw four plays that deal with the Troubles as head of Sinn Féin,...
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Padraig Reidy: Free speech at armageddon
Pastor James McConnell Belfast’s Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle is one of those things that makes a soft Southern Irish atheist Catholic like me think I’ll never truly understand Northern Ireland....
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Padraig Reidy: The “gay cake” case bedevils Northern Ireland
QueerSpace Belfast / Facebook Last Sunday, as Northern Ireland’s footballers prepared to play Finland in a European Championship qualifier, protesters gathered outside Windsor Park, the team’s Belfast...
View ArticlePadraig Reidy: What’s the difference between “offensive” and “grossly...
What’s the difference between “offensive” and “grossly offensive”? Is it, as is said of the erotica versus pornography, the difference between using a feather and using a whole chicken? Last week in...
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How dangerous is it to be a journalist in Ireland 20 years after the murder...
Monument to Veronica Guerin in Dublin Castle gardens. Credit: William Murphy / Flickr This weekend marks 20 years since the murder of Irish award-winning crime and investigative journalist Veronica...
View ArticleLibel begins at Larne
Yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph yesterday ran a strong leader on the fact that the Defamation Act, recently passed into law after a long campaign by Index and our partners and supporters in the Libel...
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Counter-terror bill will impact Northern Ireland’s journalists
Belfast-based Irish News security correspondent Allison Morris told Index on Censorship her concerns about the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill in its current form. The bill would have...
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