Contempt of court proceedings against Gemma O’Doherty adjourned to July

Contempt of court proceedings against Gemma O’Doherty over her alleged harassment of the mother of a young man who took his own life have been adjourned to a date in July.

The adjournment was sought to allow Edel Campbell’s lawyers address a claim made in the proceedings by Ms O’Doherty regarding third-party funding of the plaintiff’s case.

Ms O’Doherty, who was not in court on Wednesday, claims the plaintiff has broken the law preventing third-party funding of legal actions, known as “champerty and maintenance”.

She said a fundraiser, allegedly for legal expenses, was organised for Ms Campbell. It allegedly raised more than €24,000 and Ms O’Doherty has reported the matter to gardaí.

Many of the donors to this fundraiser where anonymous, Ms O’Doherty...
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