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Thu 11 Nov 2009Mahon tribunal seeks costs of legal action against 'Irish Times'
THE MAHON tribunal is seeking the substantial legal costs of its failed three-year battle for a court order requiring Irish Times Editor Geraldine Kennedy and Public Affairs Correspondent Colm Keena to answer questions relating to the source of an article about financial payments to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Opposing that application yesterday, Donal O’Donnell SC, for the journalists, said they were entitled to costs as they won the case and there were no special circumstances justifying departure from the normal rule that costs go to the successful litigant.
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