€310k defamation award to former Kildare footballer should be overturned, appeal court hears

A €310,000 award to a a former Kildare Gaelic footballer for defamation in two newspaper articles about swingers' parties and the sex trade should be overturned, the Court of Appeal has been told.

In May 2017, the High Court found Brian "Spike" Nolan (50) was grossly defamed in the Sunday World in July 2012 and March 2013.