Enoch Burke tells court 'false' newspaper article was attempt at 'character assassination'

The jailed teacher was brought to court from Mountjoy Prison on Tuesday, to open his defamation action against the Sunday Independent

Enoch Burke (right) arriving at the High Court on Tuesday morning. Photo: Collins Courts

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke has told the High Court that an “utterly false” newspaper article published about him in October 2022 was an attempt at “character assassination”.

Mr Burke said he was “held up to ridicule” as someone who should be “shunned by society” and made the subject of the “most damning and insulting and denigrating epithets” because of the story published by the Sunday Independent.