‘Sun’ loses bid to appeal Walsh’s right to documents

The Sun has been refused a High Court stay allowing it to challenge a judgment granting Louis Walsh discovery of documents in his defamation claim against the newspaper.

Mr Walsh was told on Friday he was entitled to documents relating to The Sun’s investigation into a Garda probe over an alleged sex attack by him on a man in a nightclub toilet. The claim proved unfounded.

Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill said yesterday he would not allow Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd a stay because the matter had dragged on too long.