Former 2FM DJ Eoghan McDermott has published a legal letter on Twitter that acknowledges that false allegations were made against him on social media.
In a tweet issued the afternoon Mr McDermott wrote that a few months ago, “false allegations were made about me”.
“Despite not being investigated or verified, these allegations were spread widely, the effects of which I am still processing," he wrote. "I hope the below can close this chapter. "
Mr McDermott, who filed papers against Twitter International Unlimited Company on Tuesday, posted the letter that revealed how the ex-2FM DJ made “sincere efforts to resolve this matter over the last few months in a manner that can ensure that our client retains her anonymity”.
In the letter sent from solicitor firm Mary Cowhey and Co, it states that “during the course of internet postings and a number of tweets published through an anonymous Twitter account in March 2021, our client made false allegations against your client, Mr McDermott.
“These remarks arose out of a relationship which they had some years previously, in or around October 2010.
“Our client accepts that there were a number of serious falsehoods contained in her publications, which have caused distress to your client and those closest to him.
“Our client sincerely regrets publishing the inaccuracies contained in these publications and acknowledges that they have had a harmful effect on your client and those close to him.”
It adds: “For the record our client accepts...
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