Owners of Swan Bar in Dublin settle defamation case

Sean Lynch and Ronan Lynch, the owners of the Swan Bar on Dublin’s Aungier Street, have settled their High Court action alleging defamation in a newspaper article.

The owners of the Swan Bar on Dublin’s Aungier Street have settled their High Court action alleging defamation in a newspaper article.

Sean Lynch and Ronan Lynch, owners of the bar, located on the corner of Aungier Street and York Street, and the Swan Bar Ltd, trading as the Swan Bar, had sued the Irish Times Ltd over an article published in the Commercial Property section of the newspaper on September 7, 2016 under the heading “Former Swan Bar at Aungier Street corner for €700,000”.