A lawsuit involving actor Woody Harrelson over an alleged snooker cue assault in a Dublin nightclub has been settled.

THE former business partner of Eddie Irvine has claimed he was forced into giving the retired racing driver a 50% shareholding in two Dublin pubs in return for a €500,000 loan.

IRELAND’S queen of style Caroline Morahan yesterday confirmed a coveted place in the pantheon of the country’s most-invited socialites as the RTÉ presenter was crowned the Jameson Number One party person of 2004 with Social & Personal magazine.