High Court orders Evangelical Christian teacher Enoch Burke to pay legal costs for failed defamation action against Mediahuis Ireland Ltd over prison safety article.

Enoch Burke, an Evangelical Christian teacher, has been ordered by the High Court to pay the legal costs of his failed defamation action against Mediahuis Ireland Ltd, publishers of the Sunday Independent. The case concerned an article stating Burke was moved to a new cell for his own safety in Mountjoy Prison. The High Court dismissed Burke's case, ruling that the words used in the article were not capable of injuring his reputation.

July 18, 2024
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