Newspaper’s editor proclaims vindication after fighting ‘vague’ legal action
The Irish News has won a significant press freedom victory in resisting an attempt by Northern Ireland’s police service (PSNI) to secure an injunction.
It was something of a bizarre legal action by the PSNI because it was seeking to injunct the newspaper for a story that had already been published. As the police force’s counsel admitted at Belfast high court, the application was “pointless”.
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