Dana refused costs over struck-out defamation case from TV interview

Sister and niece had taken case against former Eurovision star and presidential candidate in 2011

Dana Rosemary Scallon, leaving the Four Courts in 2016. Picture: Courts Collins

The High Court has refused to grant costs to Dana Rosemary Scallon against a television station over a struck-out defamation action related to an interview she gave during the 2011 presidential election.

In July 2021, Mr Justice Brian O'Moore struck out separate actions in which a sister and a niece of Ms Scallon alleged they were defamed in the interview by the 1970 Eurovision song contest winner and former presidential candidate.