Mick Galwey says article calling Senator Paudie Coffey a 'robber' was a 'complete joke'

Former Ireland international rugby player Mick Galwey took an article comparing a former junior minister to a highway robber to be a "complete joke", the High Court has heard.

Mr Galwey will be giving evidence in the defamation case against the publishers of the Kilkenny People January 2016 article which the former minister, now Senator, Paudie Coffey claims has caused him to be ridiculed and damaged his reputation. The publishers, Iconic Newspapers, deny the claims.