Eatery Awarded Big Bucks After Slime

(Belfast, Northern Ireland) The owner of Kennedy Way, an Italian restaurant, was awarded damages of almost $50,000 by Belfast High Court after being slimed by Irish News food and drink critic, Caroline Workman.

Owner Ciarnan Convery claimed the article was a "hatchet job."

The newspaper pleaded justification and fair comment. It will appeal the jury's unanimous defamation verdict.

Mr Convery's legal team claimed at Belfast High Court that the review was defamatory, damaging and hurtful and said the Irish News has failed to apologise or print a retraction.

It would be nice to know if the hatchet job accurately described the restaurant or if it were just maliciously false. Either way, the old choke-and-puke will never be the same.