Allegations against Clarke included claims of inappropriate comments and groping.

The broadcaster has been ordered to pay the former Sinn Fein leader €100,000.

Richard Taylor, formerly deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, is bringing legal action over a portrayal of him in the film The Lost King.

The case related two two radio interviews in which journalist Malachi O’Doherty had stated Mr Kelly had shot a prison officer during the Maze escape.

The actor is being sued for libel by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal,

The actor and producer is suing the publisher of The Guardian newspaper for libel.