NUJ welcomes decision to grant costs of Lowry case to reporter Smyth

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has welcomed the decision of the Circuit Court to grant journalist and broadcaster Sam Smyth legal costs against Deputy Michael Lowry following Smyth's successful defence of a defamation action against him by the Co Tipperary TD.

Irish NUJ secretary Séamus Dooley said the decision was "a source of satisfaction and relief" to Mr Smyth and was a striking demonstration of the effectiveness of the new Defamation Act.