‘This is Ireland so you can say whatever the f**k you want’ – Patrick Kielty shares message of support for Jimmy Kimmel

by PoppedCork

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  2. Ireland has some of the most restrictive defamation laws on earth. Even stating a *true, evidenced fact* that could damage someone’s public character is unlawful here. Gagging threats have become common against journalists since the law was introduced in 2009.

  3. Pfffft yeah right 🤣 Try saying anything about Denis O’Brien.

  6. Honestly embarrassing. Why do we think Jimmy Kimmel or anyone else on the world stage for that matter, actually gives a fiddlers fart what a B rated presenter from Ireland says.

  8. I like the sentiment but I feel like Tubridy regularly tried to curtail his guests opinions to avoid defamation claims etc. Nobody will care if you criticize Trump but talk about the Dennis O’Briens and its a whole different matter.

    [Case in point, Oliver Callen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRneCyXka4s)

  9. As long as it is in line government sentiments isn’t that right Paddy boy? 😂😂😂😂

  10. It’s so frustrating how gatekeepers only react when things threaten to affect their lives.

    This is demonstrably untrue, plus his own show has forced guests not to show support for Palestine even forcing performers to remove watermelon pins. Hopefully it’s a learning moment

  11. I’m not feeling well after watching this, finding it difficult to breathe.

    Not sure if I’m being asphyxiated from fumes of the gaslight or if my cringe pipe just ruptured.

  12. So are we going to chat about the Quinn family fortune?

  13. Don’t bring Kimmel over here. We should not be advertising; yanks will start fleeing to here.

  14. Lmao what? They stopped kneecap from wearing Palestine badges or else would refuse to air them. The hypocrisy is a bit easy to trace.

  16. Ireland has one of the most restrictive defamation laws in Europe. We have had everyone from Denis O’Brien, to Mary Lou use these laws in order to gag opinion.

  17. Ireland’s mainstream media operate within the “Beltway”. Kielty might think he can say whatever he wants but his producers and editors know how to not bite the hand that feeds.

  20. It’s nauseating enough that we’re importing this American tosh over here. But for the mouthpiece television show for Official Ireland to be saying this shite makes me vomit.

    And the low IQ seals lapping it up in the audience and at home. Fuck me. There’s nothing to like about it.

  21. Bruh, we are the land of defamation laws, a theatre director threatened to sue me before for remarks I made about his show and how I thought it was poor.

    If Kielty wants to try the Irish equivalent of what Kimmel did he should speculate in a monologue on the nationality of the suspect in our next stabbing fiasco

  22. Wasn’t there a concerted effort to ban criticism of MCD following events related to a Concert

  24. lol plenty is this country are anti free speech. Hate speech laws anyone?

  25. Bollox, Ireland has relatively strict defamation laws under the Defamation Act 2009, making it easier for people to bring claims compared to countries like the U.S.

    Claimants don’t need to prove malice, and courts have awarded large damages in the past, which can discourage aggressive reporting.

    While defenses like truth, honest opinion, and public interest exist, the burden often falls heavily on the defendant. This has led to concerns about a chilling effect on journalism, and reforms have been debated in recent years to better balance free expression with protecting reputation alas feck alls changed lately.

  26. I seem to remember RTE making a pay out to the Iona institute just because Panti had an absolutely correct opinion about them.

  27. Kielty is either a delusional performative leftist,

    or a lying charlatan.

  28. We have constitutional right to freedom of expression, outlined in Article 40.6.1.i, but this right is not absolute and can be limited to uphold public order, morality, and the authority of the State. PK is wrong.

  29. No one gives a shit what Patrick Kielty has to say though.

  30. I love all those comedy shows on rte where comedians say whatever the fuck they want…. wait a second.

  31. Kimmel’s show was awful to be fair, dude was just unfunny

  32. Sure RTE cut Joe Brolly off when he was criticizing the DUP. Claire Byrne nearly had a stroke when Joe went off on them haha.

  33. I find that Kielty has a romantic view of Ireland that isn’t true for most people

  34. Is this why I watched Father Ted on Channel 4?

  36. He trying to look cool, but his message is false. FDI is at risk of Trump desires.

  37. >‘This is Ireland so you can say whatever the f**k you want’

    Yet they censored the ‘fuck’

  39. No one is stopping Kimmel from saying what he wants, they just stopped paying him to say whatever he wants.

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