Judge orders ex-prostitute to stop social media attacks on former street walker

Court action: Rachel Moran was distressed by the claims made online, her lawyer said. Photo: RTÉ

Simone Smith and Ray Managh

A former prostitute who defamed another ex-sex worker by claiming she had never "worked" certain Dublin streets has been told by a judge not to post any similar statements online again.

Judge John O'Connor said in the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that Gaye Dalton, of Kilbaylet, Donard, Co Wicklow, could no longer be permitted to post false defamatory statements about Rachel Moran, of School Lane, Baldoyle, Dublin 1, on the internet.