DÁIL PRIVILEGE ROW: 

A High Court Judge stated it was never his intention that an injunction preventing RTÉ from reporting on businessman Denis O’Brien’s personal finances would restrict media outlets from fairly reporting on comments made in the Dail.

Mr Justice Donald Binchy spoke after RTÉ and The Irish Times newspaper returned to the court seeking clarification on an injunction granted last month preventing RTÉ broadcasting a report relating to Mr O’Brien’s private and confidential banking affairs with Irish Banking Resolution Corporation.

Both media outlets said the clarification related to their desire to publish comments made in the Dáil last week by Independent TD Catherine Murphy about Mr O’Brien’s alleged banking arrangements with IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank.