Ann O’Loughlin

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

Susan Magnier, the wife of billionaire John Magnier, has told the High Court of kitchen table negotiations which led to a €15m offer for a tract of land in Tipperary. Appearing by video link at the High Court Mrs Magnier said she was present when the vendors received their €15m offer. Mrs Magnier said the proposed vendors and an estate agent then moved to another room to ring the trustees and a beneficiary of Barne Estate before returning to the meeting.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

The BBC defamed Gerry Adams by publishing a claim that he sanctioned the murder of a British agent, a High Court jury has found, awarding the former Sinn Féin leader €100,000. The former Sinn Féin leader claims a BBC programme and a related article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the killing of British agent Denis Donaldson at a cottage in Glenties, Co Donegal, in 2006. He described the allegation as a “grievous smear”.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

The jury in Gerry Adams’ defamation action against the BBC will return on Friday to continue their deliberations in the case. The former Sinn Féin leader claims a BBC programme and a related article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the killing of British agent Denis Donaldson at a cottage in Glenties, Co Donegal, in 2006. He described the allegation as a “grievous smear”. He insists he had no involvement in Mr Donaldson’s death.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

A nurse who slipped on a wet floor at a wedding in a four-star hotel has been awarded €72,000 by a High Court judge. The Tipperary woman who had been wearing stiletto shoes had told the court she was in so much pain after the fall when she exited a lift in Hotel Kilkenny she thought she was going to die. Hotel Kilkenny had contended the woman was wearing five-inch stilettos and simply lost her balance when her left ankle buckled on the way to the wedding banquet.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

The jury in Gerry Adams’ defamation action against the BBC is expected to begin its deliberations on Thursday morning. Mr Justice Alexander Owens finished his charge to the seven men and five women of the jury on Wednesday evening. He previously told the jury that at least nine of them must be in agreement in coming to a decision in the case.