Ex-stud employee and author refused injunctions

A former employee at Coolmore Stud has been refused injunctions preventing its lawyers writing to booksellers and distributors alleging his book contained defamatory material in breach of the rights of Coolmore and others.

William Jones, of Dominic’s Court, Cashel, Co Tipperary, author of The Dark Horse Inside Coolmore, denies any defamation.

He worked at the stud from 2006 until January 2015 and alleged it was trying to suppress sale and distribution of his book, self-published last November by his company Gold Rush Publications.