A prominent political blogger yesterday revealed that he has been threatened with prosecution and jail for breaching an injunction to name a cheating celebrity.
He was contacted by the man's lawyers and accused of contempt of court, despite his site being based in Ireland and his internet servers in the US.
The penalty for breaching the injunction is an unlimited fine and a prison sentence.
The political blogger said the celebrity's lawyers in London, Carter Ruck, had sent him a copy of the Court of Appeal injunction and had instructed a Dublin law firm and threatened proceedings in Ireland.
He said Irish citizens were not bound by court orders from England, and said he would 'endeavour to fight' any proceedings in Ireland.