Paper ordered to pay €50k to ex-Kildare footballer they called 'king of the swingers' in order to appeal

A former Kildare county footballer awarded €310,000 over a newspaper article describing him as the "king of the swingers" must be paid €50,000 within 36 days as a condition of the paper being allowed to appeal the award, the High Court has ruled.

The Sunday World must also pay Brian Nolan another €50,000 on the anniversary of that payment as another condition of the paper being allowed bring its appeal, Mr Justice Tony O'Connor said. He also directed that Mr Nolan be paid most of the costs of the four-day hearing of the case.