Enoch Burke sues Sunday Independent over allegedly defamatory article

Mr Burke's sister, Ammi Burke, said the article made false and defamatory allegations about her brother being moved to another part of Mountjoy Prison because he had been annoying other prisoners

Enoch Burke has spent over a month in Mountjoy Prison over his failure to stay away and not try to teach at the school where he works. File picture: Collins Courts

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke claims he was allegedly defamed in a newspaper article published last weekend.

The High Court heard on Thursday morning that Mr Burke, who has spent over a month in Mountjoy Prison over his failure to stay away and not try to teach at the school where he works, wants to sue parties, including the Sunday Independent, over an article published in the Sunday newspaper.