BREAKING: Denis O’Brien loses defamation case against Sunday Business Post
Denis O’Brien has lost his High Court action alleging he was defamed in articles published in the Sunday Business Post.Mr O’Brien, who had attended each day of the case up to the 17th day today, was not in court for the verdict.
Mr O’Brien claimed the articles, including articles headlined “22 men and €26 billion” and “The Gang of 22” wrongly meant he was among a “gang” of 22 borrowers responsible for the destruction of the Irish banking system and that they defamed him and injured his reputation. He also alleged malicious publication and, in that context, sought punitive damages.
They also found the articles did not mean, as a result of what was said about Mr O’Brien’s borrowings, the PwC report was one which he wished to keep secret or top secret and had been suppressed.
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