Play
Stop
Nine News: Mary Wilson, Legal Affairs Editor, reports on a libel action arising from an article in the Sunday Independent
Play
Stop
Six One News: Mary Wilson, Legal Affairs Editor, reports on the case at the European Court of Human Rights
Independent Newspapers has failed in its appeal to the European Court of Human Rights on issues arising from a libel action taken against the newspaper group by then Government minister Proinsias de Rossa in the 1990s.
The Independent had argued the that jury award of IR£300,000 was excessive and that there were no adequate safeguards in Ireland against such awards.
The action arose from an article in the Sunday Independent written by Eamonn Dunphy.
The court rejected the appeal by a 6 to 1 majority.
