But the case is now settled and in a statement read to the court the former Unicef ambassador acknowledges that Dave Kavanagh was a good and loyal friend to Gerry Ryan and that she never intended to suggest that he behaved in any way inappropriately on the day before the death of the broadcaster. The book is due back on the shelves of shops tomorrow but it will now come with a clarifications slip inside the cover to reflect the legal settlement today.

 

Gerry Ryan Memoir Book To Go Back On Sale (Newstalk.ie)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

“It was clear that all the pressure was getting to be too much. The banks were also constantly phoning him and his accountant. The demands from Revenue were also becoming more threatening. Gerry needed money fast,” Melanie Verwoerd relates in her memoir When We Dance, which was due to be published last week.

“I had nothing left, having paid for most of his living expenses, as well as loaning him money so that he could meet his obligations, for months.”

…By now, Gerry Ryan began contacting friends and acquaintances seeking loans. “One came through with a smallish amount but the rest said no,” says Melanie

 

Book Reveals A Gerry That The Public Didn’t Know (Liam Collins, Sunday Independent)

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