Newspapers found to be in technical contempt of court

THE Irish Examiner and the Irish Times have been found to be in technical contempt of court following the publication of court reports which led to the collapse of the trial of former GP, Dr Paschal Carmody.

The ruling yesterday by Judge Donagh McDonagh at Ennis Circuit Court followed the publication by both newspapers on Thursday of a court report, supplied by a freelance journalist, which contained reports of legal argument which had taken place in the court on Wednesday but which had taken place in the absence of the jury.

The comments should not, therefore, have been reported.