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Wed 06 Jun 2007PR adviser claims article repeated lewd libelAn article published in the Irish Independentabout a call to RTÉ's Livelineshow repeated a scurrilous libel which wrongly meant that PR consultant Monica Leech had performed sexual acts for the former minister for the environment, Martin Cullen, in exchange for contracts, the High Court was told yesterday.The article repeated completely untrue claims about Ms Leech made by the caller "Norman", including remarks that: "Maybe she's been doing other things for him besides constituency work - maybe she's s . . . ing his c . . .", Paul O'Higgins SC said.