Sinn Féin activist makes 'unreserved apology' to Fine Gael councillor over Facebook comments

File photo Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland File photo Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland A FINE GAEL councillor has received an ‘unreserved apology’ from a Sinn Fein activist over comments he posted on Facebook.

High Court judge, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan was told by William Maher BL, instructed by solicitor Kevin O’Higgins for Leddy, that the case had been settled on terms.He “unreservedly apologised to Mr Leddy” and acknowledged that his comments, published on Facebook on 12 July 2018 with respect to Leddy and his political activities, “were entirely untrue, unwarranted and without foundation.”

The court heard that Donnelly, from Lohunda Downs, Clonsilla, Dublin, and a brother of SF Cllr Paul Donnelly, had also agreed to pay Leddy a sum of €19,750 which is inclusive of Leddy’s legal costs. Other terms of the settlement include undertakings by Donnelly to desist from making any further defamatory and hateful comments about Leddy.

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