Following a two-day mission to Dublin on 22-23 October 2024, the partners of the Council of Europe’s Platform on Safety of Journalists, including the EFJ-IFJ, today called on Irish authorities to continue to engage with civil society in order to prioritise the reform of defamation legislation, the adoption of comprehensive anti-SLAPP provisions, the safety of journalists throughout the island of Ireland, and a sustainable model for trusted public service media.  The Partner organisations met with journalists, representatives of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), and government officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, … Continue reading Ireland: We call on Irish authorities to continue to prioritise media freedom and better protect journalists