Privates Privacy ?
There’s a very intriguing case going through the courts at the moment. If you’re concerned about the impending Privacy Bill (2006), you might also like to look into how the High Court is interpreting the constitution regarding the Press and Privacy.
Sinnott v Carlow Nationalist for the Supreme Court?
Mediaforum.ie has picked up the analysis from Eoin O’Dell. It’s worth the long read.
[…] The Sinnott case raises all of these issues (and continues to exercise the blogosphere - see Media Forum, and much robust common sense from Sarah Carey on GUBU). As the English cases have used the ECHR to mould breach of confidence, so we could use both it and the Constitution to evolve our own protection of privacy. But the English courts have been too timid in staying within the confines of breach of confidence and not developing a straightforward tort of invasion of privacy. We should feel the fear, and do it anyway. […]