Charles Diamond (17 November 1858 – 19 February 1934)[1] was an Irish newspaper entrepreneur and Labour Party politician.
[3] Diamond was an outspoken and controversial figure, described by one of his successors as "the kind of a man who made a good many enemies".
On 8 January 1920 he was arrested and charged with publication of an article in the Catholic Herald that allegedly encouraged assassination in Ireland.
[citation needed] He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for the article, which was titled "Killing No Murder".
[7] Diamond entered the British House of Commons as an Anti-Parnellite Nationalist in 1892, sitting for North Monaghan the following three years.