‘The trial of the defamation action was due to begin on Wednesday. However, following talks between the parties’ legal teams, Tom Hogan SC, for Mr Lanigan, told Mr Justice Tony O’Connor the matter had been settled, and that the defendants’ lawyers would read an apology.
Reading the apology on behalf of Mr Ross and Atlantic Books, Paul O’Higgins SC said Mr Lanigan had complained that the biography implied he was a member of the IRA, and had somehow been in receipt of illicit funds.’
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‘The trial of the defamation action was due to begin on Wednesday. However, following talks between the parties’ legal teams, Tom Hogan SC, for Mr Lanigan, told Mr Justice Tony O’Connor the matter had been settled, and that the defendants’ lawyers would read an apology.
Reading the apology on behalf of Mr Ross and Atlantic Books, Paul O’Higgins SC said Mr Lanigan had complained that the biography implied he was a member of the IRA, and had somehow been in receipt of illicit funds.’