'Goes to the heart of democracy': Catherine Murphy welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Denis O'Brien appeal

Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy has welcomed a Supreme Court decision that unanimously dismissed Denis O’Brien’s appeal over statements made by her and by Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty in the Dáil about Mr O'Brien's banking affairs.

Deputy Murphy told RTE Radio’s News at One that parliamentary privilege had to be used very carefully and that today's decision went to the heart of democracy.