Football coach seeks extension so he can bring defamation action against newspaper

An Irish football coach is seeking High Court permission to take defamation proceedings over a newspaper report of the French court hearing at which he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for smuggling merchandise dangerous to public health.

Darren Lee Proudfoot needs permission to bring a case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publishers of the Irish Daily Mirror, because he is seeking to do so outside a one year deadline for bringing defamation actions.