Couple loses defamation claim against Dublin restaurant whose staff asked them to pay dinner bill

The judge said it was probably Glen McCarthy’s argumentative attitude in the Harbourmaster Bar and Restaurant that had led to the proceedings being taken.

A couple who claimed they had been defamed by staff who asked them to pay a dinner bill at a Dublin pub-restaurant, have lost a €75,000 claim but escaped having to pay defence legal costs.

Judge John O’Connor, dismissing the claim by Glen McCarthy and Joanna Walsh, said in the Circuit Civil court today that he had found Mr McCarthy’s evidence to have been very argumentative.