Lawyers for Gemma O'Doherty have told the High Court that she is the controller of one of three Twitter accounts alleged to have breached a court order not to harass the Cavan mother of a young man who died by suicide.
At the High Court on Tuesday Edel Campbell, who is suing Ms O'Doherty over the use of her son's image on a publication run by the defendant, secured orders directing Twitter to disclose the identities and contact details of the operators, controllers and owners of the other two accounts involved in the breach.
Earlier this month Ms Campbell sought various disclosure orders from Twitter and Ms O'Doherty in relation to three social media's accounts - '@irishlightpaper', '@cavandrugwatch' and '@michaelmg3'.
When the matter returned before the High Court, Mr Justice Brian O'Moore was told by Gregory Murphy BL for the defendant that she accepted she is the person in charge of the '@irishlightpaper' Twitter account.
Counsel said that his client denies any wrongdoing, and said she intends to fully contest all the allegations against her. He also highlighted that his client has nothing to do with, and no control over, the two other accounts.
David Kennedy SC, for Ms Campbell said that in correspondence Twitter had said that it would not oppose, nor consent to, the orders being sought by his client. In light of the correspondence from Twitter, Mr Justice O'Moore said he was satisfied to grant the disclosure orders sought in respect of the @cavandrugwatch' and '@michaelmg3' accounts.
The orders will allow Ms Campbell's team to determine who is behind those accounts. It will then be up to Ms Campbell if she wishes to bring a motion against those parties and the defendant for alleged contempt of court.
Previously the Court heard that Ms Campbell claims she has been harassed by Ms O'Doherty because she has sued the defendant over the alleged unauthorised publication of the image of her late son.
She claims that Ms O'Doherty has wrongly and unlawfully used the image of plaintiff's son Diego Gilsenan in an article on media controlled by Ms O'Doherty linking unexplained deaths to the Covid-19 vaccination.
Ms Campbell secured an injunction restraining Ms O'Doherty from harassing the plaintiff, or from publishing Ms Campbell's and her late son's images or any personal confidential material about them.
Ms O'Doherty is also restrained from encouraging or inciting others to intimidate the plaintiff. The court ordered Ms O'Doherty to take down and remove any image of the plaintiff and her late son from any form of media that she owns or operates.]
