Edel Campbell secures High Court harassment orders against Gemma O’Doherty

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Edel Campbell secured High Court orders restraining Gemma O’Doherty from harassment, reported on 23 June 2023. Her son Diego Gilsenan died by suicide.

The orders bar O’Doherty from publishing images of Campbell or her late son, or confidential personal material about them. They also require the removal of their images from media O’Doherty owns or operates, and remain in force pending the full hearing of Campbell’s action.

The judge said the orders did not decide the claim finally, but found Campbell had made a strong case that O’Doherty’s actions amounted to harassment. O’Doherty denied wrongdoing in emails before the court; freedom of speech is among the issues for the full hearing.