Author JK Rowling has been “fully vindicated and her reputation restored” following a newspaper’s apology for alleging she wrote a “sob story” containing false claims about her time as a single mother, the High Court in England has heard.

A newspaper has challenged a High Court ruling that author JK Rowling should be allowed to read a unilateral statement in open court as part of the settlement of a libel claim.

The publishers of the Irish Daily Mail have apologised to Senator Fidelma Healy Eames over articles it published about her voluntary work in Rwanda.

The publishers of the Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday have seen revenues decrease for the second successive year.

Singer Paul Weller has told the High Court that a newspaper website “overstepped the line” when it published paparazzo pictures identifying his baby twin boys and teenage daughter.

Singer Paul Weller has brought a privacy case on behalf of three of his children whose faces were “plastered” over a newspaper website.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said the safety record of his budget airline has been vindicated.

Ryanair has issued defamation proceedings against the pilot who spoke about the safety of the airline on Channel 4’s Dispatches programme.

The planned strike by Aer Arann pilots over pay, which had threatened to ground dozens of flights from next Tuesday, has been called off.

Ryanair has issued defamation proceedings against Channel 4, Associated Newspapers and the Mirror group.

A former priest awaiting trial on historic child sex abuse charges does not have the right to anonymity, a judge held today.

The publishers of the Irish Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers (Ireland), have reported profits of €1.5m for last year.

The Irish Daily Mail is considering a Supreme Court appeal after millionaire businessman Denis O’Brien was awarded €150,000 for defamation in a key case concerning freedom of expression.

Tycoon Denis O'Brien has won his defamation action against the Irish Daily Mail and has been awarded €150,000 in damages.

Denis O’Brien told the High Court it was not true the final report of the Moriarty Tribunal was devastating for him.

Former Minister for the Marine Frank Fahey has settled a defamation action against the publishers of the Irish Daily Mail for a six figure sum.

The owner of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday delivered a 10% rise in annual profits today, but said advertising revenues had slipped back into the red at its national newspaper titles.

British leaders have no choice but to court powerful media barons such as Rupert Murdoch or risk savage press attacks which are “full on, full frontal, day in, day out”, former prime minister Tony Blair told an inquiry.

The owner of the Daily Mail said today that lower advertising revenues at its national newspapers arm squeezed profits in the first half of its financial year.

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Three senior judges in the UK ruled today that some journalists can remain anonymous when giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.

Actor Neil Morrissey has accepted substantial undisclosed damages over a claim that he was banned from a French bar over “le binge drinking”.

HUGH GRANT made false allegations that the Mail on Sunday hacked his phone on the basis of “thin” evidence, a lawyer for the paper’s publishers said.

THE High Court in Britain yesterday dismissed Nancy Dell’Olio’s libel action over her claim of being portrayed as a “serial gold digger”.

The High Court in London today dismissed Nancy Dell’Olio’s libel action over her claim of being portrayed as a “serial gold-digger”.

Newspapers and magazines in the UK have agreed to two new rules in the Editors’ Code of Practice to “explode some popular fallacies about press self-regulation”, the editor of the Daily Mail said today.

THE parents of Madeleine McCann, actor Hugh Grant and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling were named yesterday as core participants in the first stage of the inquiry into the British phone-hacking scandal.

TWO national newspapers have each been fined £15,000 (€17,000) for contempt of court over internet photographs showing a murder trial defendant holding a pistol.

PROFITS and revenue at the holding company of the Irish Daily Mail both fell marginally last year.

The National Consumer Agency has begun legal proceedings against the publishers of the Irish Mail on Sunday.

The Editor of the Sunday Tribune has expressed her shock at the use of the paper's image by a rival newspaper.

Sunday Independent journalist Jim Cusack and the editor of the paper Aengus Fanning will come under pressure from gardaí to reveal the source of claims in the newspaper that officers turned a blind eye to celebrities taking illegal drugs.

'Little Britain' star Matt Lucas has obtained substantial undisclosed damages and an apology over a “grossly intrusive” Daily Mail article in the wake of his ex-partner’s death.

Daily Mail & General Trust today said it saw a record full-year performance from its Daily Mail and Metro newspapers as it reported a 23% leap in profits.

THE company which owns the Irish editions of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday managed to reduce their accumulated losses to just over €65 million last year after making a profit.

The publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday today revealed a return to profits growth in the half year and predicted key divisions would continue to improve.

The publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday said today it made an encouraging start to the year after advertising revenues rose in its national newspaper division.

MARTIN CULLEN has told how political colleagues – with the exception of Mary Harney and Bertie Ahern – largely avoided him when the media coverage about the Monica Leech issue was at its height.

Former KGB agent and Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev is in exclusive talks to buy British newspapers The Independent and Independent on Sunday, it was confirmed today.

The Russian oligarch owner of the Evening Standard newspaper is in advanced talks to buy Independent News & Media (INM) newspapers The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, it was reported today.

AN action by National Irish Bank for €6.3 million judgment orders against financier Niall McFadden arising from his personal guarantee over loans to a company to acquire the Buy & Sell classified ads business is to go a full hearing, the Commercial Court has ruled.

Kate Winslet accepted £25,000 (€27,823.77) libel damages today over a claim that she publicly lied about her exercise regime.

Madonna today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday’s publication of “purloined” photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie.