Enoch Burke

Enoch Burke wants to sue parties, including the Sunday Independent, over an article published in the paper.

Mr Burke, who rejects the school’s claims, has brought his own proceedings against the school where he seeks various orders and declarations including a declaration that the disciplinary process against him is unlawful and a breach of his constitutional rights, including his rights to freedom of expression, conscience, and religion. Mr Burke has brought an appeal before the Court of Appeal against orders including the granting of the temporary ex-parte injunction against him, and the subsequent decision to keep the injunction in place pending the final hearing of the matter. The judge said that he also wanted to hear from both the school and Mr Burke on Friday about managing the case with a view to having the matter fully heard before the High Court as soon as was possible. The judge said he was "bemused" by the claim that the article could prejudice the ongoing issues between Mr Burke and the school. As the judge in charge of the High Court's chancery list the judge said that he was now taking charge of the court action between Mr Burke and his employer that had resulted in the teacher's incarceration for contempt of court. Mr Justice O'Moore said he was prepared to allow Mr Burke to come before the court on Friday morning, but rejected the application for Mr Burke to be produced before the court by the prison authorities any earlier.

JAILED TEACHER ENOCH Burke claims that he was defamed in a newspaper article published about last weekend. The High Court heard this morning that Enoch ...

The school, located in Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath is the Church of Ireland’s Diocesan School for Meath and Kildare. In a sworn statement to the court Enoch Burke said he rejects claim made by the former school principal Niamh McShane that he questioned her loudly at the function. Enoch Burke, who rejects the schools claims, has brought his own proceedings against the school where he seeks various orders and declarations including a declaration that the disciplinary process against him is unlawful and a breach of his constitutional rights, including his rights to freedom of expression, conscience, and religion. The school says that the matters that it had reluctantly put before the court are not about the teacher’s opposition to people who are transgender, but are about his refusal to obey an order of the court. Enoch Burke claims that the case centers around his opposition to a direction by his employer to address a student at the school, who wishes to transition, by the pronoun “they” and by a different name is contrary to his Christian beliefs. The Judge said that tomorrow he also wanted to hear from both the school and Enoch Burke about managing the case with a view to having the matter fully heard before the High Court as soon as was possible. Enoch Burke has brought an appeal before the Court of Appeal against orders including the granting of the temporary ex-parte injunction against him, and the subsequent decision to keep the injunction in place pending the final hearing of the matter. The judge said that he was “bemused” by the claim that the article could prejudice the ongoing issues between Enoch Burke and the school. The judge said that he had not seen the article and added thar he would not in any way be influenced by any media reporting of the dispute. Mr Justice O’Moore said that he was prepared to allow Enoch Burke to come before the court tomorrow morning but rejected the application for him to be produced before the court by the prison authorities any earlier. This she said the claims were wrong and said that the Irish Prison Service had confirmed that the allegations contained in the article were not true and that the information is false, and that there was no problem with Enoch Burke. The High Court heard this morning that Enoch Burke, who has spent over a month in Mountjoy Prison over his failure to stay away and not try to teach at the school he works at, wants to sue parties, including the Sunday Independent, over an article published in the Sunday paper.

Jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke plans to seek a court order prohibiting the further publication or republication of a Sunday Independent article which he ...

Mr Burke is also due to appear at the Court of Appeal tomorrow, where he is taking an appeal against the High Court injunction preventing him from attending or teaching at the school. She said her brother had been given “no assurance the article will not be republished at any time”. However, he directed that Mr Burke be instead produced tomorrow morning, when the court will deal with any application he has to make.

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke claims that he was defamed in a newspaper article published about him last weekend.

The school claims that last June a service and dinner was held to mark its 260th anniversary. It is also claimed that he said that he could not agree with transgenderism, and said it went against the ethos of the school. The school claims that after he spoke, members of the congregation and students walked out of the school chapel where the service was being conducted. As the judge in charge of the High Court’s chancery list, the judge said that he was now taking charge of the court action between Mr Burke and his employer that had resulted in the teacher’s incarceration for contempt of court. The granting of that order would ensure that the article would not be republished in the future, the court heard. Mr Burke, who was suspended in August from his position at Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, claims he has been the subject of internal disciplinary and High Court proceedings due to his objection to transgerdnarism.

GIVEN THE sniffiness apparent among some Irish journalists in recent years, it has been interesting to watch how the case of Enoch Burke was handled to date ...

It is one thing when stories ebb and flow here domestically, but, once news breaks out abroad, there is often a disquiet about how foreign media handle the facts.... GIVEN THE sniffiness apparent among some Irish journalists in recent years, it has been interesting to watch how the case of Enoch Burke was handled to date. Read more »

Jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke will begin a fresh bid to be released from prison today when his case comes before the Court of Appeal.

She said the article her brother objected to was published by the Sunday Independent on October 9, under the headline: “Burke moved to new jail cell ‘after annoying other prisoners’.” He is also appealing against the High Court’s dismissal of an application brought by him aimed at setting aside his suspension. However, he will ask the Court of Appeal to set aside orders including the temporary injunction restraining him from attending for work, and a subsequent High Court decision to keep the injunction in place pending a final hearing of the matter.

A newspaper has undertaken before the High Court not to further publish an article which teacher Enoch Burke claims contained false and defamatory ...

He was also concerned this could prejudice his ongoing case with the school and damage his reputation. Mr Burke protested when the judge made directions for the school to have its statement of claim in by Wednesday next with Mr Burke having until November 4th to deliver his defence and counter claim. The courts are engaging in more active case management and he was managing several other cases, the judge said. That would not interfere with the appeal, he said. Mr Burke made his objections at the close of a church service to mark the school’s anniversary and again during a dinner event on the same occasion. The appeal was listed for mention this morning, he said.

Mr Justice O'Moore said that in his significant time both as a lawyer and a judge he had never come across any party who did not want a case before the ...

Rosemary Mallon Bl for the school said her client was agreeable to the timetable suggested by the court. Mr Burke has not appealed the High Court orders committing him to prison for contempt. Mr Justice O'Moore adjourned the matter. He claims the article contained incorrect information about him and has damaged his reputation. The judge adjourned the matter to a date in November when it will be mentioned and reviewed by the court. Mr Justice Brian O'Moore on Friday morning made directions while case managing the action between Mr Burke and Wilson Hospital's School in Co.

Enoch Burke's mother, Martina Burke, has just been removed from the Court of Appeal. After the judge told her son he couldn't grant him a hearing sooner ...

[October 14, 2022] — Frank Greaney (@FrankGreaney) Enoch Burke’s mother, Martina Burke, has just been removed from the Court of Appeal.

Burke to pursue defamation claim over Sunday Independent article, High Court earlier told.

Mr Burke made his objections at the close of a church service to mark the school’s anniversary and at a dinner event on the same occasion. Mr Burke would be given notice of any intention to republish it, counsel said. Mr Burke said the High Courts had failed to deal “in any sense” with his constitutional rights to freedom of expression and religious freedom. The courts have a legal duty to consider the whole case and the High Court had failed to do so, he said. “It is a catastrophic failure if you think this case has nothing to do with religious beliefs,” he told the judge. The High Court had not addressed the constitutional issues, he said.

The mother of jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke was removed from the Court of Appeal by gardaí after loudly interrupting a directions hearing today.

The matter is finished.” The judge responded: “Mr Burke, now please lower your voice when you are addressing me. He threatened to hold her in contempt if she did not apologise to him. The teacher said that if he was successful at the Court of Appeal, there would be “a huge impact” and it would “essentially make the High Court trial of the action moot”. He said he had instructed his registrar to write to the school and Mr Burke as he was concerned about getting the case ready for trial given Mr Burke was in prison and the matter related to the running of an educational institution. At the Court of Appeal directions hearing today, Mr Burke asked the court to hold a special sitting of his appeal.

Secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has told an Appeal Court judge that setting a date in next February for his appeal is an "insult to the rule of law" ...

The judge asked for a garda to take Mrs Burke from the court. Mr Burke told the judge he had not listened to anything he had said. However, Mr Burke wants the Court of Appeal to make its judgment first. Martina Burke said this was ridiculous and her son had been incarcerated because of corrupt judges. Mr Burke said the case was of huge public importance. Secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has told an Appeal Court judge that setting a date in next February for his appeal is an "insult to the rule of law" and that the judge "shouldn't be in the chair".