On November 21, a jury awarded substantial and aggravated damages totalling €823,500 to two human rights solicitors in a defamation case the pair took against Denis O’Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey. At issue was a 2016 press release with the line “Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for”, put out by the businessman in response to a report by the human rights solicitors that was critical of him.   The two solicitors, Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth were awarded €411,750 each, along with the legal costs, to include reserved costs, of the case. O’Brien and Morrissey intend to…

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