Contempt of court proceedings against Facebook and Twitter, where the identities of the two boys who murdered schoolgirl Ana Kriegel were shared, have been stuck out, despite the continuation of "alarming posts" online. An injunction compelling Facebook Ireland Limited and Twitter International Comp
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Gardaí have referred nearly a dozen people for prosecution in relation to social media posts identifying the killers of schoolgirl Ana Kriégel, according to reports. The anonymity of the two 14-year-olds, who were found guilty of murder in June, is protected by both court orders and le
A newspaper editor has been fined €4,500 after being found guilty of contempt of court for a front-page headline and article that "posed a real risk" to the trial of two boys convicted of murdering 14-year-old Anastasia Kriégel. Sebastian Hamilton, editor of the Irish Daily Mail, must pa
A journalist has been fined €2,500 by a Central Criminal Court judge after he named one of the boys convicted of teenager Ana Kriegel's murder during a live radio broadcast. The radio station, Cork's Red FM, was fined €10,000.