Many Enoch Burke supporters, and others, cannot understand how or why he has lost his defamation case against the Sunday Independent if what they published was untrue. And it was untrue. The publisher accepted this, amended the record, and apologised. But the Judge explained that you need more than merely the publication of an untrue… Continue reading What Enoch Burke supporters cannot understand about his defamation failure
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The Kitty Holland and Enoch Burke defamation cases-what I find most interesting
There are two interesting defamation cases going on at the moment. One involves Kitty Holland, the Irish Times journalist, suing John Waters for comments he made about her coverage of the Savita Halappanavar case where Savita lost her life in University Hospital Galway. The other case is Enoch Burke’s case against the Sunday Independent over… Continue reading The Kitty Holland and Enoch Burke defamation cases-what I find most interesting
Enoch Burke’s defamation action
I read yesterday in the Irish Times that Enoch Burke’s defamation action against Mediahuis Ireland is to be heard next week in the High Court. The defamation proceedings are over an article published in the Sunday Independent in 2022, when Burke was imprisoned in Mountjoy for the first time. I wonder if Burke is successful… Continue reading Enoch Burke’s defamation action