Student back in High Court in bid to prevent being named in video case

A 22-year-old is back in the High Court today in a bid to stop six national newspapers from naming him over a video he claims defames him.

Eoin McKeogh, a student of business and Japanese at DCU, denies he is in the online video which allegedly shows a young man evading a taxi fare.

His lawyers told the High Court he was in Japan at the time.

Last week he secured an injunction against internet giants such as Facebook and Google, stopping them from rebroadcasting or publishing the material.

Following reports on the court proceedings, the 22-year-old student is now seeking an order stopping the Evening Herald, the Sunday Times, the Irish Examiner, the Independent, the Star and the Irish Times from publishing his identity.

His counsel has argued that by identifying Mr McKeogh, the newspapers have circumvented the terms and spirit of the order.