Cooper-Flynn 'to decide on political future'

The political future of Beverly Cooper-Flynn was in doubt today after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the outcome of a failed libel action against RTÉ.

Cooper-Flynn, whose father Padraig Flynn is a former cabinet minister and European Commissioner, lost a High Court action four years ago, when a jury decided her reputation had suffered no material injury as a result of a series of RTÉ broadcasts in 1998.