Businessman Declan Ganley’s defamation suit against CNN is to continue before the Irish courts after a failed challenge around jurisdiction by the US news organisation. Ganley and his satellite network company Rivada Networks Ltd are suing over a news story broadcast and published online by CNN in October 2020 alleging the Department of Defence in the USA came under pressure from the Trump White House to award a lease of mid-band spectrum to an entity described as “Rivada”.  The businessman alleges the piece defamed him and Rivada by maintaining they engaged in a corrupt or improper process to obtain a…

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