Labour leader Ivana Bacik has defended her party sending legal warnings to several newspapers warning them against publishing an article about a party adviser.
The Sunday Independent reported last week that it received a warning from the party after it sought comment about an anonymous letter sent to Labour about Dermot Ryan. Mr Ryan is a close political ally of Ms Bacik.
Ms Bacik later spoke at an Anti-SLAPPs Conference in Trinity College on Thursday. A SLAPP is a “strategic lawsuit against public participation”. They are typically used in a bid to prevent people from publishing information and are often seen as a “warning”.
