Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage
Dail Éireann — 2025-07-02
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Jim O'Callaghan (FF), Dublin Bay South

I move amendment No. 16:
In page 9, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:
" Abolition of Reynolds defence
12 . The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 26:
“ Abolition of Reynolds defence
26A . (1) Any common law defence known as the Reynolds defence that, immediately before the commencement of section 12 of the Defamation (Amendment) Act 2025 , could have been pleaded as a defence in a defamation action is abolished.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to causes of action accruing before the date of the coming into operation of section 12 of the Defamation (Amendment) Act 2025 .".".

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