Heavyweight fight between high-flyers

IT’S unlikely Chris de Burgh had Ryanair in mind when he penned his 1977 song Broken Wings.

But the Irish airline was left out of pocket, if not exactly broke, after the High Court yesterday awarded the singer’s daughter, Rosanna Davison, a total of €80,000 damages in a libel case.

It was the battle of the brands as two of Ireland’s best-known names took the fight to protect their reputation to a packed Court 12.