"So you do think thinly veiled accusations of paedophilia"
You can repeat this as often as you wish - it wasn't aimed d at you

A very belated, grudging clarification, though not an apology. So you do not deny the allegation against Mr Paul Staines?

Let us hope for your sake he does not use the Irish Defamation act of 2009.
The tort of defamation involves publication of a “defamatory statement” – defined as “a statement that tends to injure a person’s reputation in the eyes of reasonable members of society”.
For defamatory statements published via the internet, the cause of action accrues on the date that the statement is “first capable of being viewed or listened to through that medium”.

As I understand the US law the website is protected under freedom of speech. The same is not true of a poster emanating from Ireland, even more so as Mr Staines is also resident of Ireland.

Perhaps you should make a very clear apology lest he takes umbrage.
You have been warned about this before and simply said "bring it on."
Pride comes before a fall!