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Denis O’Brien wins landmark defamation case against British publisher Associated Newspapers

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PATRICK COUNIHAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Friday, February 15, 2013, 7:28 AM

Updated Friday, February 15, 2013, 9:17 AM

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He added that while Denis O’Brien could afford to take the defamation case, most of the people hurt and damaged by newspapers could not.

He claimed no research of any kind had been done before the article was published or since and that the facts on which the article was based were not true.

He added: Therefore the defence of honest opinion must fail.”

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merefalow | Feb 16, 2013, 06:04 PM EST

no news paper should be alloed to publish lies,but i also believe the press and freedom of information are under deadly threat,not least from punative damages which will prevent a lot of serious issues ever being broght into the public domain,basically we are looking at a russian muzzeled press.

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