Exclusive rights to broadcasting the 2015 Rugby World Cup last year failed to turn around the fortunes of TV3 as pre-tax losses more than doubled to €16.95 million.

THE High Court yesterday adjourned for three weeks an application for discovery of documents in an action for libel brought by Wayne O’Donoghue, the 23-year-old engineering student who was convicted of the manslaughter of Midleton schoolboy Robert Holohan.