Defamation
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When a Defence Goes Awry: The Cork Slander Case of 1908-9
From the Free Press (Wexford) 25 July 1908: “FAMOUS COUNSEL ‘DISHED’ : MR JH CAMPBELL, KC AND THE COLONEL In the course of the hearing of a sensational slander action in Cork on Wednesday, in which the Hon. Alexis Roche,… Continue reading
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Trinity College Italian Professor Sacked for Illiteracy Sues Colleagues for Defamation, 1856
From the Cork Constitution, 7 August 1856: “THE TRINITY COLLEGE ITALIAN PROFESSOR (From the Daily News) A singular case, not unlikely to be numbered among the cause célèbres, has just been tried at the summer assizes in the County of… Continue reading
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Slander Action over Michael Collins’ Death Ends in Ha’penny Damages, 1958
On 22 August 1922, Michael Collins, Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State, was shot dead in an ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork. The person who fired the shot that killed him has never been… Continue reading
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An Unusual Ballina Libel Action, 1955
From the Ballina Herald, 30 April 1955: “Unusual Ballina Libel Case Exception Taken to Note Written by Dumb Shoemaker. The absence of an interpreter of the sign language used by deaf and dumb people caused an adjournment at Ballina Circuit… Continue reading
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Wife Sued for Libel by Estranged Husband After Circulating Hand-Bills Seeking Name of her Predecessor, 1862
Portrait silhouettes by Monsieur Edgar Adolphe, via Alamy. From the Dublin Daily Express, 6 October 1862: “A STRANGE CASE.- Madame Margaret Phibbs, otherwise Adolphe, appeared to answer the complaint of Monsieur Edgar Adolphe, a photographic artist, 75 Grafton-street, to show… Continue reading