Jury fails to reach verdict in 'Irish Examiner' defamation trial

High Court jury unable to agree outcome after 24 hours’ deliberation in case taken by former planning institute executive

Irish Examiner editor John O Mahony and Irish Examiner reporter Mick Clifford leave the Four Courts. Picture: Collins Courts

A jury has failed to reach a verdict in a defamation case against the Irish Examiner, taken by a former senior executive of the Irish Planning Institute.

At just after 2pm on Wednesday, the jury returned to Court 25 at the Four Courts and informed Tony O’Connor that it had been unable to reach a final decision after 24 hours of deliberations.