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In February 2013, O'Brien sued the ''[[Irish Daily Mail]]'' for defamation over his numerous appearances in [[RTÉ]] news reports on the relief effort after the Haiti earthquake. The court awarded O'Brien €150,000.<ref>{{cite news|first=Fiona|last=Gartland|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0214/breaking46.html|title=O'Brien awarded €150k in Daily Mail defamation case|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|date=14 February 2013|access-date=14 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305161526/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/o-brien-awarded-150k-in-daily-mail-defamation-case-1.1255054|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref> The case was the first time a journalist had attempted to use the honest opinion defence before a jury at the High Court since the Defamation Act 2009 became law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0214/367770-defamation-denis-obrien/|title=Denis O'Brien wins defamation case against Irish Daily Mail|work=RTÉ News|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=14 February 2013|access-date=14 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305161225/http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0214/367770-defamation-denis-obrien/|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>
In August 2015, the editor-in-chief of the satirical website ''[[Waterford Whispers News]]'', [[Colm Williamson]] received a cease and desist order from O'Brien's solicitor to remove a satirical article about O'Brien.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/waterford-whispers-news-removes-article-after-letter-from-denis-obriens-solicitors-690062.html|title=Waterford Whispers News removes article after letter from Denis O'Brien's solicitors|date=7 August 2015|website=Irish Examiner|language=en|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref> Lawyers for O'Brien also demanded that a reprint of the story be removed from Broadsheet.ie.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Denis O'Brien lawyers demand removal of broadsheet.ie article| newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url = http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/denis-o-brien-lawyers-demand-removal-of-broadsheet-ie-article-1.2310440|access-date = 8 August 2015}}</ref> Waterford Whispers News subsequently removed the article. <ref>{{Cite news |title=Waterford Whispers removes article after Denis O'Brien threat |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/waterford-whispers-removes-article-after-denis-o-brien-threat-1.2309298 |access-date=13 October 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
In 2019, O'Brien began an action for defamation against the [[Business Post|Sunday Business Post]] over articles published in the newspaper in March 2015.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Donnell|first=Orla|date=5 February 2019|title=Denis O'Brien suing Sunday Business Post for defamation|journal=RTÉ News|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/0205/1027717-obrien-sbp-court/|language=en}}</ref> The articles, which centred around a confidential PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report given to the government in November 2008 on the exposure of Ireland's banks in 2008, identified O'Brien as being among the 22 biggest borrowers from Irish banks in 2008.<ref name="Loses defamation">{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/denis-o-brien-loses-defamation-case-against-sunday-business-post-1.3811041|title=Denis O'Brien loses defamation case against Sunday Business Post|last=Carolan|first=Mary|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> O'Brien claimed the articles defamed him and injured his reputation and also alleged malicious publication.<ref name="Loses defamation" /> The jury found in the defendant's favour and [[Bernard Barton (judge)|Justice Barton]] dismissed the case with an order for costs against O'Brien.<ref name="Loses defamation" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Donnell|first=Orla|date=1 March 2019|title=Denis O'Brien loses defamation action against SBP|journal=RTÉ News|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/0301/1033697-defamation-case/|language=en}}</ref>
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