Sides fail to agree wording of orders in journalists' defamation case against Eoghan Harris

Aoife Moore of the Irish Examiner and Allison Morris of the Belfast Telegraph claim the Twitter accounts have posted defamatory statements about them

The former Sunday Independent columnist, Eoghan Harris, and Twitter International Company face the High Court defamation actions. File photo

Twitter and lawyers representing two journalists have been unable to agree on the wording of orders that would require the social media giant to disclose information about the holders of certain Twitter accounts, the High Court has heard.

Reporters Aoife Moore of the Irish Examiner and Allison Morris of the Belfast Telegraph claim the Twitter accounts in question have posted defamatory statements about them.