Leech wins libel action

Communications consultant Monica Leech has secured record libel damages of more than €1.87 million from a High Court jury after it found a series of Evening Herald articles meant she had been having an affair with Minister Martin Cullen.

The award is the highest ever in a libel trial and Independent Newspapers (Irl) Ltd, which owns the Herald , will apply on Friday for a stay on the award pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court. Share it

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