Denis O'Brien facing €1m legal costs bill after failed case over TDs' Dáil statements

Businessman Denis O’Brien is facing an estimated €1m legal costs bill after the Supreme Court ruled he must pay most of the costs of his failed case over statements made by two TDs in the Dáil about his banking affairs.

The seven-judge court today upheld a decision requiring Mr O’Brien to pay the costs of the High Court hearing of his case, brought against the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges, the Dáil and the State.