Rugby pundit Hook sues Tribune for defamation

Broadcaster and television rugby pundit George Hook intends suing a Sunday Tribune journalist for defamation of character, a court heard today.

The 69-year-old presenter of Newstalk’s ‘The Right Hook’ programme has already issued defamation proceedings against Tribune Newspapers Plc, currently in Receivership, in relation to an article that appeared in the Sunday Tribune in October last year.