Fianna Fβil deputy Ms Beverley Cooper-Flynn failed to win damages in her case against RT╔ and other defendants over allegations that she encouraged tax-evasion. Her appeal is pending.
Mr Proinsias de Rossa won £300,000 in an action against the Sunday Independent over an article by Mr Eamon Dunphy which concerned a letter to the Soviet Communist Party.
Mr Seβn McPhilemy won £145,000 damages plus an estimated £870,000 in costs, in 2000 in an libel action against the Sunday Times over his "Ulster death squads" documentary .