O’Donoghue settles libel action against TV3

A LIBEL action taken against television station TV3 by Wayne O’Donoghue, who was convicted of the manslaughter of 11-year-old Robert Holohan, was settled yesterday.

No details of the settlement were revealed in court. But a statement later released by TV3 said the case had been settled on agreed terms which involved no apology, no damages and no court order as to costs.

TV3, however, as part of the settlement had acknowledged in the High Court there was no evidence that semen found on the Co Cork schoolboy’s body was that of Mr O’Donoghue.