Defense Minister apologises to SF Councillor in defamation case

Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea has today apologised to Sinn Féin Councillor Maurice Quinlivan for making false and defamatory comments contained in a newspaper article earlier this year.

In a statement read before the High Court, the Minister accepted that he made the statements in an interview with a journalist of the Limerick Chronicle Newspaper on March 10 of this year.