Second judge excuses himself from copyright breach case involving MEP

A second District Court judge has excused himself from presiding over an alleged breach of copyright in a case involving MEP Seán Kelly and a Co Kerry photographer.

Judge Olann Kelleher, sitting at Killarney District Court yesterday, said that he personally knew former GAA president Mr Kelly through sporting circles.

In a civil case action, professional photographer Michelle Cooper-Galvin is claiming two of her images were used, without her permission or payment, in Mr Kelly’s biography, published in 2008 by Gill and MacMillian.