Lady in the black

THE Lady in Red is firmly in the black after former Miss World Rosanna Davison was yesterday awarded €80,000 in damages by the High Court at the end of a libel trial.

Ms Davison — daughter of well-known singer Chris de Burgh — successfully sued Ryanair after a jury found comments posted about her on the airline’s website were defamatory.

The 27-year-old model, student and newspaper columnist claimed the remarks published by Ryanair on November 11, 2009, suggested she was racist, xenophobic and jealous.