Harney settles Newstalk libel case for €450k

FORMER health minister Mary Harney has won a settlement worth close to €450,000 from Newstalk after she was libelled by a contributor to a programme on the radio station.
Harney settles Newstalk libel case for €450k
Thu, 05 May, 2011 - 01:00
Paul O’Brien,  Political Editor

The comments about Ms Harney were made by journalist Nell McCafferty on the Tom Dunne show in March 2010.

Ms Harney was still health minister at the time, and her lawyers moved immediately to seek damages from the station.

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