Dylan Thomas copyright claims thrown out by Irish court

Man suffers double blow after suing Welsh government over use of historic images and bringing libel case against photographer’s 93-year-old widow

An Irish court has thrown out a case taken against the Welsh government over an alleged breach of copyright in relation to photographs of poet Dylan Thomas and his wife, Caitlin, used in a campaign by the Welsh tourist board, which shows them playing croquet and strolling through the countryside as newlyweds.

In a second hearing, also in Dublin high court, a libel case was dismissed against the 93-year-old widow of the man who took the photographs in the 1930s.