The following day the airline issued its press release which stated Ryanair "today hit back at comments made by Irish glamour model Rosanna Davison in relation to the absence of Irish cabin crew from Ryanair's 2009 charity calendar which 'bordered on racism and demonstrated an elitist attitude against Ryanair's international cabin crew'." Miss Davison, 27, of Cornelscourt, Dublin, claimed the release defamed her and meant she was racist, xenophobic and jealous and took legal action when Ryanair refused to apologise. Ryanair denied defamation and maintained it stated her comments bordered on racism and not that she was racist. Outside court Stephen McNamara, Ryanair's head of communications who wrote the press release, said the airline will appeal against the award and stood by his right to defend the charity calendar. But the airline then released a statement saying the award was less than the cost of an appeal to the Supreme Court.