Davison awarded €80,000 for racism accusation

FORMER Miss World Rosanna Davison has been awarded €80,000 in High Court damages against Ryanair for defamation in a press release which she claimed meant she was racist, xenophobic and jealous.

A jury of eight men and four women took just under three hours to reach their majority verdict.

The press release was posted on the Ryanair.com website on November 11, 2008, in reaction to remarks by Ms Davison in a national newspaper criticising the absence of Irish female cabin crew in a Ryanair charity calendar featuring female cabin crew in bikinis.