Sunday Independent editor says allegedly defamatory article on Enoch Burke raised ‘no red flags’ before publication

Teacher Enoch Burke, with his mother Martina Burke (left) and his sister Ammi Burke leaving the High Court in Dublin. Photo: PA

Andrew Phelan

The editor of the Sunday Independent has said an allegedly defamatory article about jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke raised “no red flags” before it was published, and came from a previously reliable source.

Alan English told the High Court it was accepted that “mistakes were made” in the report that stated Mr Burke had to be moved within Mountjoy prison for his own safety because he was “annoying” other inmates.