THE widow of Liam Lawlor was last night considering apologies from two senior executives of the newspaper that published the most prominent false account of her husband’s death amid public furore at reports he died in the company of a teenage prostitute.

SENIOR executives at the Sunday Independent newspaper yesterday said ‘Sorry’ for publishing a false account of Liam Lawlor’s death, but were warned by a family member any apology was “too little, too late”.

THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the publication in Sunday newspapers of false reports that Liam Lawlor died in the company of a prostitute as “a black day for journalism”.

The Government was urged to introduce a press complaints body tonight as a Sunday newspaper publicly apologised to the family of former TD Liam Lawlor over coverage of his death.

The management of Independent Newspapers has apologised for the inaccurate coverage of Liam Lawlor's death.

JURIES in libel trials are to remain free to award plaintiffs as much damages as they see fit after a European court dismissed a claim by Irish newspapers and RTÉ that a failure to set limits could lead to unfairly high payouts.