COURT SKETCH/ Roisin Ingle: By three o'clock yesterday, there was no need to argue any more. That didn't mean Dolores O'Riordan and her husband Mr Don Burton were in any mood to linger after the conclusion of the High Court action taken by their former nanny Ms Joy Fahy, despite Mr Justice Quirke's rejection of the bulk of Ms Fahy's breach of contract claims.
The resulting chase down the quays after the couple was like being in the mosh pit at a Cranberries concert - except considerably less roomy.
Ignoring appeals from the panting media posse to stop for a minute, they spoke only briefly about the allegations by Ms Fahy.
"Nobody, nobody says that about me," said softly spoken O'Riordan, who wore a tailored, white suit and a simple love-heart chain around her neck. "I'm a wonderful mother," insisted the lead singer with the Cranberries. "I love my children more than anything."
Mr Don Burton, who was styled the Wyatt Earp of this colourful eight-day trial by the prosecution, was brief.
"We are just happy that it is all behind us and we can move on," said the Canadian tour manager. "There has been a lot of money wasted here."
Would Dolores ever hire another nanny to look after her two children, Taylor and Molly? "I don't know," she said with a tight smile.
The nanny in question was more accommodating.
Perched on the steps of the Four Courts, Ms Fahy delivered what appeared to be the speech she'd rehearsed in the event of total victory.
"I just want to say I'm relieved it's all over and that sometimes the little guys can win," said Ms Fahy who, despite being awarded €1,500 towards some clothes mislaid by the Cranberries couple, failed in the rest of her claims .
This case was never about the money, she said.
Her more significant allegations centred around the £10,000 and a brand new Cherokee jeep she said she should have received on termination of her contract.
"I had always planned to give any money from the case to the Chernobyl Children's Fund," she said.
Ms Fahy thanked her friends, her family and legal team - who, according to the nanny, worked for her for nothing - and all the anonymous people who had sent her flowers and messages of support.
Earlier, in court number two, she had looked close to tears of relief when the judgment was concluded. O'Riordamanaged a wide smile, while her husband retained his impassive poker-face.
Throughout the judgment, it was impossible to miss Ms Fahy's designer bag emblazoned, as it was, with the faces of two young and very beautiful children. "It was a Christmas present from Miss McPherson," she said, as she walked out to face the media.
That's McPherson as in Elle McPherson, her current supermodel boss who, during the trial, the court heard once paid her in fancy underwear.
The High Court might never hear the like again.