Restaurant libel hard to swallow for foodies
Newspapers and restaurant critics were yesterday mulling over the implications of a court case which resulted in a Belfast daily being ordered to pay £25,000 (€37,000) to a restaurateur who took offence at comments carried about his eaterie in a review six years ago.
The owner of the Goodfellas restaurant in Belfast city successfully claimed that criticisms by respected food writer and consultant, Co Cork-based Caroline Workman — in a review carried in the Irish News — were defamatory and damaging to his business.
