Jury finds in favour of Post. #DOBvSBP

— Mark Tighe (@marktigheST) March 1, 2019

Denis O’Brien has lost his defamation action against the Sunday Business Post.

— Orla O’Donnell (@Orlaodo) March 1, 2019

Ian Kehoe and Tom Lyons say the case shows the press have to stand up to litigious business people after #DOBvSBP verdict. pic.twitter.com/KNRlCZAeIm

— Mark Tighe (@marktigheST) March 1, 2019

This evening.

The jury found that articles published in the newspaper on March 15, 2015, meant that the story of Mr O’Brien’s borrowings and the amount of the borrowings was telling and disturbing and that Mr O’Brien was massively overstretched and faced huge financial pressure in November 2008.

But the jury found none of this was defamatory of Mr O’Brien.

They were deliberating for just over seven hours.

Mr O’Brien must now pay the costs of the case, which lasted for 17 days in the High Court.

Boom.

Denis O’Brien loses defamation action against The Sunday Business Post (RTÉ)

Meanwhile…

Here are the original excellent reports from @TomLyonsBiz and others. We have released them from our paywall #DOBvSBPhttps://t.co/Y9FwHLZstZhttps://t.co/1Z3TbrYidJ

— Susan Mitchell (@susmitchellSBP) March 1, 2019

Earlier…

From top: Tom Lyons and Ian Kehoe arrive at the High Court this morning.

This morning/afternoon

The High Court, Dublin.

Judge tells jury that they can reach a verdict on which at least nine of them are agreed but the same nine or ten people must agree on each question.

— Orla O’Donnell (@Orlaodo) March 1, 2019

More as we get it

Jury In O’Brien Defamation Case Given Option Of Majority Verdict (Newstalk)

Rollingnews

Denis O’Brien arrives at The High Court this afternoon

#DOBvSBP Mr Justice Bernard Barton has this morning started charging the jury in Denis O’Brien’s defamation case against the Sunday Business Post in the High Court.

— broadsheet_ie (@broadsheet_ie) February 27, 2019

#DOBvSBP Judge told jury they’d be “relieved” to know he doesn’t intend to exercise his right to comment on evidence or speeches made by counsel for either plaintiff or defendant…

He said reason for this is the case depends on the SBP articles and the meanings of the articles

— broadsheet_ie (@broadsheet_ie) February 27, 2019

This morning/afternoon.

The High Court.

The ‘sheet‘s Olga Cronin is live tweeting from the conclusion of Denis O’Brien’s libel case against the Sunday Business Post about articles on a 2008 Government-commissioned report by PwC on Ireland’s top 22 borrowers and can be followed here.

More as Olga gets it.

Rollingnews

UPDATE: