RTE and Howard awarded costs in libel case

RTÉ and farmer Mr James Howard have been awarded costs in the libel appeal by Fianna Fáil TD Ms Beverley Cooper-Flynn.

RTÉ and farmer Mr James Howard have been awarded costs in the libel appeal by Fianna Fáil TD Ms Beverley Cooper-Flynn.

Ms Cooper-Flynn lost her appeal in the Supreme Court after a two-day hearing in February and a judgment yesterday. She already faces a legal bill of an estimated €2 million for the High Court libel action.

Her lawyers did not oppose the application for costs this morning.

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