Dana to receive second six-figure sum in Sunday World settlement Singer received similar amount in 2018 over article published in newspaper in 2014 about an hour ago Dana Rosemary Scallon said the Sunday World’s publication was a despicable lie. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Lawyers for singer Dana Rosemary Scallon have said she is to receive a second six-figure sum in settlement of a defamation claim over an article in the Sunday World newspaper. In November 2018, Dana received a similar sum at the High Court in Belfast over the article published in the newspaper in 2014. The Court of Appeal in Dublin was told on Monday that proceedings by Dana against Independent News & Media and Sunday Newspapers, and an appeal concerning various pre-trial applications, were settled and could be struck out.