Media fail in libel appeal
The European Court of Human Rights made its ruling in a challenge to the decision of the Irish courts to allow an award of €381,000 (£300,000) to Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa in 1997 in an action he took over a Sunday newspaper article.
The award, the biggest ever made in a libel case in Ireland, together with legal fees and expenses, cost Independent News and Media more than €1 million.
