Alan Donnelly acknowledged comments on Facebook about Ted Leddy were untrue and will pay him over €19,000
was told by William Maher BL, instructed by solicitor Kevin O’Higgins for Cllr Leddy, that the case had been settled on terms.
In his statement, Mr Donnelly also “apologised unreservedly for any distress caused to Mr Leddy, his partner and his family as a consequence of his actions and he confirms that he has paid an amount of compensation to Mr Leddy as a result.” Mr Maher said the defamation arose after his client was pictured at “a cross-border, cross-community event,” on July 12th 2018.
Other terms of the settlement include undertakings by Mr Donnelly to desist from making any further defamatory and hateful comments about Mr Leddy.
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