Judge tells jury in case of Denis O'Brien vs Sunday Business Post that they can reach majority verdict

O’Brien has taken a case against the Sunday Business Post over a set of articles published in March 2015.

Denis O'Brien arriving at the High Court earlier this week. Image: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie Denis O'Brien arriving at the High Court earlier this week. Image: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie THE JUDGE IN the case of Denis O’Brien’s defamation suit against the Sunday Business Post has told the jury it can reach a majority verdict in the case, after the jury said they could not reach a unanimous decision.

The court heard from three witnesses – O’Brien, journalist and former deputy editor at the SBP Tom Lyons, and its former editor Ian Kehoe – during the trial.The 11 jurors began deliberating yesterday afternoon but could not reach a verdict by the evening.

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