The High Court has been told the case taken by a school teacher, who claims she was wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish', to prevent her employer taking disciplinary action against her has been resolved and can be struck out.
Niamh Farrell, from the Spires, Portadown in Co Armagh, said allegations that she was deceiving people online by pretending to be someone else and luring men in the GAA community into relationships are completely false, unfounded and untrue.
Last month, she obtained a temporary injunction against the school where she works, Coláiste Éanna in Rathfarnham, preventing it from continuing with disciplinary procedures against her.
The case had been adjourned to allow the school to submit replying sworn statements to the court.
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However, her senior counsel Conor Power told the court the case had been resolved as the school had agreed to stop the disciplinary process.
He said the case could be struck out with an order for his client's costs.
Mr Justice Brian Cregan asked if he could take it that this meant "your client was wrongly identified?".
Mr Power said he could take it that the school had ceased the disciplinary process and it would go no further, adding that he could say no more than that.
At a previous hearing, Mr Power told the court Ms Farrell was shocked to receive an investigation report from her principal setting out allegations against her and putting in motion a disciplinary process, which could lead to her dismissal.
Ms Farrell claimed the report by Seán Ó Murchú failed to comply with fair procedures, natural justice and was totally unfair.
The court was told Ms Farrell, who is head of music at the school and also teaches Irish, had an unblemished disciplinary record and had never been the subject of any complaint about her work.
The allegations arose from a number of episodes of a podcast by The 2 Johnnies, which dealt with allegations about a woman who had "catfished" people by using fictitious online identities.
When the third episode of the podcast was broadcast earlier this year, Ms Farrell's principal claimed she identified herself to him as the person to whom it referred.
However, Ms Farrell said the allegations are being made online by people she does not know.
She said she has always denied being the person involved in the catfishing activities.
The court heard concerns had been raised by parents at the school about Ms Farrell being named online and that there was concern about the impact of the allegations on students and staff.
