Newspapers fined €20,000 each after ‘contempt of court’

TWO newspaper organisations were fined €20,000 each by the High Court yesterday following a decision last week that articles published in two newspapers in 2003 were in contempt of court.

Newspapers fined €20,000 each after ‘contempt of court’

The hearing had been adjourned until yesterday to hear submissions as to the appropriate penalty.

The €20,000 fines were imposed on Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd arising from an article in the Irish Independent on April 29, 2003; and on Sunday Newspapers Ltd following an article in the Sunday World on May 3, 2003.

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