Irish Rail made ‘unwarranted slurs’

Irish Rail was guilty of having made “unwarranted slurs” in court against a 26-year-old marketing executive who had sued the company for assault and false imprisonment, said a judge in the Circuit Civil Court.

Judge Francis Comerford said the company had used “unattractive comments” posted on Twitter by Sarah Doupe to claim she was a violent and crude person who had abused members of staff at Pearse Dart Station on the night of the 2013 Trinity Ball.

“This was a line deliberately taken by the defence which was not made out and compounded the harm done to the plaintiff by the false imprisonment on the night,” said Judge Comerford.