A racing tipster has apologised in the High Court for falsely claiming his life was threatened by a businessman in the same industry.
Gearóid Norris, of Harold Place, Mallow, Co Cork, has also undertaken not to publish any further material online in relation to Robert Heneghan or his company Pro Sports Advice Ltd, which is involved in the provision of tips for the horse racing industry. As a result, the case was struck out.
Heneghan had sued over a number of defamatory publications by Norris about the businessman since March 2025 on X, Substack, TikTok and other platforms.
Last month, Heneghan brought further injunction proceedings seeking the removal of another article Norris had published on Substack.
In the article, Norris claimed Heneghan had phoned him and threatened to kill him by shooting him in the head, as well as threatening his family. Norris claimed he had a recording of the conversation.
The claim was completely false and there was no such phone conversation, Heneghan said.
He believed it was published in an “attempt to pressurise me to relent on my decision to institute legal proceedings against him for all the defamatory material he had previously posted online about me”.
The court ordered the immediate removal of the article and also that Norris furnish a copy of the alleged phone call recording.
A solicitor for Norris subsequently told the court there was no such recording.
[ Man jailed for beating pregnant partner and another woman over drug...
Welcome to Reality Check, NewsGuard’s nonpartisan newsletter that tracks the false claims and conspiracy theories that shape our world — and who’s behind them. Please support us by becoming a premi...