Press Council to follow Lawlor reports
Sunday, 30 October 2005 22:22
Minister of State Brian Lenihan has said the establishment of a Press Council may become one of Liam Lawlor's permanent achievements.
He told The Week in Politics programme a Press Council would now be established as a result of some of the reports last week on Mr Lawlor's death.
Niall Lawlor, the son of Liam Lawlor, earlier said the apologies published by some papers today did not replace the gut wrenching reports printed last weekend regarding the death of his father.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio's This Week, Niall Lawlor said newspapers had every opportunity to print more of the truth of what was a strong story in its own right.
He said a line was drawn in the sand that forever more means the salacious material printed about Mr Lawlor will remain in the public domain.
He said the inaccuracies would indicate a definite decision by newspapers to dance on his father's grave.
Last Sunday, several newspapers published reports about the circumstances of the death of Liam Lawlor in a car accident in Moscow that turned out to be untrue.
Some Sunday newspapers printed apologies today for the erroneous reports and the hurt they caused the Lawlor family.
- This Week: Niall Lawlor, son of the former government minister Liam Lawlor, offers his family's opinion on the apologies in some Sunday newspapers
- This Week: Will Goodbody gets the reaction of locals in Lucan to apologies in some of today's papers after incorrect reports about Liam Lawlor's death in a car crash in Moscow last Saturday
- Nine News: Will Goodbody reports that today's publications have not inspired confidence
- This Week: Hugh Mohan, senior counsel and ex chair of a legal advisory group on defamation law, gives his view on media law issues highlighted by last week's reports
