Legal victory for journalists on sources

IRELAND’S highest court yesterday threw out an order compelling two journalists to answer questions about an article uncovering payments to ex-taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Irish Times correspondent Colm Keena and editor Geraldine Kennedy faced a grilling from the Mahon tribunal after the High Court backed the inquiry’s demand to question the pair.

But the Supreme Court said it could not see any benefit to the planning corruption inquiry in upholding the order.