Bailey set to fight failed libel action judgment

ENGLISH journalist Ian Bailey is to appeal against the judgment in his libel trial against eight newspapers, it emerged yesterday.

Mr Bailey, 47, who is already facing a legal bill of €200,000, has until Monday to lodge papers in the High Court Office in Dublin. These papers must also be lodged with the Cork Circuit Court office in Camden Quay, Cork. Any appeal is likely to take at least two weeks.

Mr Bailey’s solicitor Con Murphy refused to comment on the appeal last night. However, Paula Mullooly, a solicitor for Independent Newspapers, confirmed the company had received a notice of appeal yesterday. “As we understand it, he [Ian Bailey] is appealing the fact that he lost the case against Independent Newspapers.