'IT WASN'T ABOUT MONEY'.Byline: EOIN EOIN End of Instruction REYNOLDS MONICA MONICA Cardiology A WHO initiative–Multinational Monitoring of Trends & Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease–which evaluated the effects of various factors on mortality in Pts MIs Leech yesterday said she would have been happy with a quarter of her EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1.9million payout. The 49-year-old PR expert insisted her legal action was not about money. She said: "It was about vindication but that figure gives me great satisfaction that I told my story. "I had to show weakness, which was very difficult for me in a public way, I had to tell of the damage and they [the jury] believed me." Speaking to Matt Cooper on Today FM, she criticised the Evening Herald's decision to go to court rather than apologise and reach agreement. She said: "The reality is if I lost yesterday there would be a for sale sign on my house today... but we took the decision that I had nothing if I didn't have my good name." Ms Leech accused the newspaper of creating a "soap opera character... which would have been funny at times if it wasn't me". She also attacked former Labour leader Pat Rabbitte who had criticised her in the Dail, adding: "I feel it's just cowardly to use the protection of Leinster House to do something like that." CAPTION(S): VINDICATED Ms Leech with husband John |
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