The partner of actor Twink’s ex-husband, David Agnew, has lost an action for defamation and breach of privacy against a newspaper for publishing photos and articles about them.
Ruth Hickey (36), of Archer's Wood, Castaheany, Dublin 15, had sued the Sunday World over material that was published after she, her newborn son and Mr Agnew, were photographed leaving the Births, Marriages and Deaths office in Dublin on May 10th, 2006.
Ms Hickey had claimed her constitutional and European Convention rights to privacy, and that of her son, were breached and had sought an award of damages against the newspaper.
She also claimed she was defamed through the newspaper publishing an offensive word that someone else had used about her.