Dolores O'Riordan wins nanny lawsuit

DUBLIN, Ireland (Cranberries Fans Website) - Cranberries singer Dolores O�Riordan and her husband Don Burton were today ordered to pay their former nanny €1,500 ($1750).
The judge said that he was satisfied some of Joy Fahy�s belongings had been mislaid before they were returned to her from the celebrity couple�s mansion in Co Limerick after her work with the family ended.

But Mr Justice ruled nanny Fahy had failed to prove her more serious allegations that Burton had falsely imprisoned her and the couple had breached a contract agreed with her. The judge said there were obvious conflicts in the testimony given by O'Riordan and her husband compared to that of Fahy.

But he insisted this did not mean any of the evidence had been given dishonestly. "The fact that the witnesses have different recollections of events that occurred five years ago is not particularly surprising. This does not mean they are necessarily being dishonest," he said.

The nanny Fahy, who has also worked for U2 drummer Larry Mullen and supermodel Elle MacPherson, sued the couple for breach of contract and alleged false imprisonment during her short term of employment in 1999.

On leaving the courtroom, O�Riordan and her husband Burton were besieged by reporters. They said that the case had finished and they now wished to get on with their lives and put the court case behind them.