Irish privacy law gets another thumbs down

Alan Ruddock, former editor of The Scotsman and editor of the Sunday Times'sIrish edition, weighs into the debate over the Irish privacy law and press council proposal by the justice minister Michael McDowell.. He argues that "it is a sop to the political demands of his senior partners in government, rather than a considered and intelligent piece of legislation." A lengthy piece that deserves widespread attention, and a close reading, it concludes: "It is a shameful concoction: good and proper reform of bad libel laws blended with a set of conditions and a new privacy law that leave democracy, like the minister, diminished and degraded." (Via Media Forum)