<p>The owner of the Irish Daily Star says the newspaper's editor has been suspended following his decision to publish topless photographs of Prince William's wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Independent Star, the company which owns the newspaper, said Monday that Michael O'Kane had been suspended and an internal inquiry had been launched.<br /><br />The newspaper printed some of the photographs on Saturday in editions available in Ireland, but not inside the UK. The images were first published by French magazine Closer.<br />Ireland's justice minister Alan Shatter says he could revive previously abandoned plans for an Irish privacy law in response to the newspaper's actions.<br /><br />Some sections of the country's media could not distinguish between "prurient interest and the public interest," Shatter said.</p>
<p>The owner of the Irish Daily Star says the newspaper's editor has been suspended following his decision to publish topless photographs of Prince William's wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Independent Star, the company which owns the newspaper, said Monday that Michael O'Kane had been suspended and an internal inquiry had been launched.<br /><br />The newspaper printed some of the photographs on Saturday in editions available in Ireland, but not inside the UK. The images were first published by French magazine Closer.<br />Ireland's justice minister Alan Shatter says he could revive previously abandoned plans for an Irish privacy law in response to the newspaper's actions.<br /><br />Some sections of the country's media could not distinguish between "prurient interest and the public interest," Shatter said.</p>