Defamation action against Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave struck out

Deputy master of the High Court dismissed the case as plaintiff Robert Quirke had not responded to attempts to contact him for over a year

The defamation action against Paddy Cosgrave, taken by a businessman in dispute with the HSE over €10.3m worth of covid ventilators, has been struck out. File picture: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP

A defamation action against Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave, taken by a businessman in dispute with the HSE over €10.3m worth of covid ventilators, has been struck out.

The action, first lodged in April 2021, was dismissed by the deputy master of the High Court, John Glennon, as plaintiff Robert Quirke had not responded to attempts to contact him for over a year.