Retired journalist Susan Burt (75) said she felt she was not going to survive during 'a harrowing and awful experience' on Irish Ferries

The man had secured interim restraining orders temporarily stopping journalists Amy Molloy and Maura Fay from publishing stories about him.

The corporation’s lawyers are to write to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal about the alleged surveillance of former reporter Vincent Kearney.

President Michael D Higgins described Ms Viney's death as a "great loss to Irish life"