A Dublin-based secondary school teacher has said she has been wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish' discussed by the 2 Johnnies on their podcast.

Niamh Farrell, originally from Co. Armagh, has also been granted an injunction which will temporarily stop her school from continuing disciplinary action against her.

Podcasts published by the 2 Johnnies in 2022 described the alleged catfishing activities of someone who created fake social media accounts to communicate with others, often men involved in the GAA. Catfishing is the process of luring someone into a relationship by pretending to be someone else online.

None of the episodes put a name to the individual who is alleged to have been behind the catfishing.

Speaking in the High Court in Dublin, Ms Farrell said that in May 2022 her school's principal told her parents were raising concerns over Ms Farrell being named as the catfish online. She said she told the principal that she was aware of the allegations, but that they were false and that she had engaged solicitors to write The 2 Johnnies calling on them to take down the episodes which discussed the 'GAA catfish.'

Ms Farrell said that her principal at Coláiste Éanna in Rathfarnham was preparing a report for a disciplinary process earlier this month. The music and Irish teacher said that the report “seems to consider that I have admitted to being that person” and that it “fails to comply with even the most basic requirements of fair procedures and natural justice”.

Mr Justice Brian Cregan granted Ms Farrell an interim injunction restraining disciplinary processes.