The former IRA member Nicky Kehoe has won a defamation action against RTÉ and has been awarded damages of €3,500. That matter has been adjourned to a later date and a judgment award was issued in favour of Mr Kehoe. “A jury of my peers has vindicated my name and I’m really, really happy with that because my name means a lot to me,” he told reporters. By the end of that exchange, Mr Costello withdrew the allegation and said Mr Kehoe “was” a senior IRA member. At the end of the exchanges on the radio show, the allegation against Mr Kehoe was still hanging there.

Source: The Irish Times February 26, 2018 12:43 UTC