High Court to decide on defamation action

A man who lost a legal action against a midwife for interrupting his filming of the birth of his child will find out today if he can proceed with another court case - this time for defamation.

John McAuley of Beattie Park, Celbridge, Co. Kildare claims an article about the original proceedings by journalist Brenda Power in the Sunday Times made him look like "an idiot".