一位顾问表示，2016年指控新芬党律师支付IRA的声明在诽谤案中被视为事实。 A consultant says a 2016 statement accusing Sinn Féin’s lawyers of IRA payment stands as fact, in a defamation trial.

爱尔兰商人Denis O'Brien的沟通顾问在爱尔兰高等法院作证说,他坚持2016年的一份新闻稿,称"Sinn Féin/IRA肯定得到了他们付费的报道",律师Darragh Mackin和Gavin Booth声称他们被IRA付费,从而谤他们. A communications consultant for Irish businessman Denis O’Brien testified in Ireland’s High Court that he stands by a 2016 press release stating “Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for,” which solicitors Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth claim defamed them by implying they were paid by the IRA. 该声明是针对他们为新芬派MEP Lynn Boylan共同撰写的媒体所有权报告发表的。 The statement was issued in response to a media ownership report they co-authored for Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan. 起草释放书的James Morrisey否认恶意,说这是基于事实的,尽管对省略批评和提及一名与爱尔兰共和军过去有关系的英国记者进行了反诘问,他还是维护了释放的准确性。 James Morrissey, who drafted the release, denied malice, said it was fact-based, and defended its accuracy despite cross-examination over omitted criticisms and references to a British journalist with past IRA ties. 审判在Tony O ' Connor法官面前继续进行。 The trial continues before Mr Justice Tony O’Connor.