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2024-06-28 · Mountjoy, Dublin
The High Court released Enoch Burke from Mountjoy Prison on Friday afternoon, having been detained since September 2023 for contempt of court. Mr Justice Mark Sanfey granted his release despite Mr Burke's refusal to comply with a standing injunction prohibiting him from attending Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath. The judge noted that…
2024-04-25
Jailed teacher Enoch Burke has filed a High Court defamation claim against Mediahuis Ireland, the publisher of the Sunday Independent, over a 2022 article that was published while he was imprisoned for contempt of court. Burke, who was dismissed from Wilson's Hospital School for alleged gross misconduct, argues that the school's injunction to…
2023-11-10 · Castlebar, Mayo
Two members of the Burke family were removed from the Court of Appeal by gardaí on 10 November after loudly protesting when the presiding judge muted Enoch Burke's microphone during proceedings. The court was hearing a civil application by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission for access to ambient audio recordings made in the Four Courts. Mr…
2023-07-17 · Multyfarnham, Westmeath
Schoolteacher Enoch Burke, dismissed from Wilson's Hospital School for alleged gross misconduct, was ordered by Mr Justice Alexander Owens to pay the school legal costs in a High Court action. Burke, who denied wrongdoing, argued that his suspension stemmed from his opposition to transgenderism and a school directive to refer to a student wishing…
2023-07-11
The High Court has been told that the Teacher's Disciplinary Appeal Panel intends to oppose Enoch Burke's bid to extend an injunction restraining the hearing of his appeal against his dismissal from Wilson's Hospital secondary school. Mr Burke, who denies the school's finding of gross misconduct, alleges the panel is flawed due to the presence of…
2023-03-30
The High Court heard evidence on the third day of an action brought by Wilson's Hospital School against Enoch Burke, who was dismissed for allegedly intimidating a colleague and breaching a student's confidence. The school seeks a permanent order directing Burke to stay away from the premises. Evidence from staff member Freda Malone and Deputy…
2023-03-16
The High Court has ruled that Enoch Burke must pay Wilson's Hospital school for legal costs incurred during two pre-trial motions in their ongoing dispute. Mr Justice Brian O'Moore awarded the school its costs for bringing contempt proceedings after Burke resumed attending the premises in early January, and for his unsuccessful application to…
2023-02-16
Enoch Burke brought an appeal to the Court of Appeal challenging orders directing him to remain away from Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath. Mr Burke contends that the school's direction to refer to a student by an alternative name and pronoun constitutes an unlawful demand to participate in transgenderism, in breach of his…
2023-02-13
On 13 February 2023, Mr Justice George Birmingham, President of the Court of Appeal, warned teacher Enoch Burke that his appeal against an injunction preventing him from attending Wilson's Hospital School might not be heard if he remains in contempt of that order. The warning came after Burke was physically removed from a courtroom by Gardaí for…
2022-12-21
The High Court ruled that Enoch Burke, a history and German teacher, should be released from Mountjoy Prison despite his refusal to purge contempt of court. Judge Brian O'Moore said that keeping Burke in prison would only serve his perceived advantage and that the public should not pay for his wages and incarceration indefinitely. The judge noted…
2022-12-21
The High Court is set to rule on whether jailed teacher Enoch Burke should be granted temporary release for the Christmas period. Mr Justice Brian O'Moore indicated a decision would be issued either Wednesday or Thursday after hearing submissions from Mr Burke and his employer, Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath. Mr Burke, who has been…
2022-12-16
In a High Court hearing on 16 December 2022, jailed teacher Enoch Burke declined an offer of temporary release from Mountjoy Prison for the Christmas holidays. He described the proposal as a "Christmas gift" and an "insult to justice", arguing that it was an attempt by the court to offer mercy while he remained in contempt of a court order. Burke…
2022-12-05
In a High Court hearing on 5 December 2022, jailed teacher Enoch Burke, incarcerated in Mountjoy Prison since September for breaching a court order to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School, sought a swift determination of his defamation claim. Burke, who was suspended in August, alleged that a Sunday Independent article published in October…
2022-10-14
During a Court of Appeal hearing on 14 October 2022, teacher Enoch Burke, who is in Mountjoy Prison for refusing to comply with a High Court injunction that bars him from teaching at Wilson's Hospital School, sought an early appeal date. The judge, Mr Justice John Edwards, set the earliest possible hearing for 16 February 2023 and adjourned the…
2022-10-13 · Multyfarnham, Westmeath
Jailed teacher Enoch Burke appeared before the High Court on Thursday to claim he was defamed in a Sunday Independent article. Represented by his sister, solicitor Ammi Burke, he sought an urgent order under Section 33 of the 2009 Defamation Act to prevent republication, alleging the paper falsely claimed he was moved within Mountjoy Prison. The…
2022-10-04 · Multyfarnham, Westmeath
Jailed teacher Enoch Burke has formally lodged an appeal against a High Court injunction preventing him from attending or teaching at Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath. The appeal, which is currently at the validated procedural stage of appeal, was lodged at the Office of the Court of Appeal (CoA) on Tuesday. Mr Burke, who was committed to…