Enoch Burke

The board of management of the school where teacher Enoch Burke works, wants an order allowing it to take temporary possession of his assets after he ...

He was jailed on 5 September after breaching the order directing him to stay away from the school following his suspension on full pay. Barrister Rosemary Mallon told the court that Mr Burke's contempt of an injunction ordering him to stay away from the school had resumed on 5 January when the school reopened after the Christmas holidays and that he had attended at the school again this morning. The board of management of the school where teacher Enoch Burke works wants an order allowing it to take temporary possession of his assets after he resumed breaching a High Court order.

Wilson's Hospital School has returned to the High Court claiming that teacher Enoch Burke has again breached the terms of an order preventing him from ...

Counsel said that the school intended to serve the legal documents in relation to its latest application personally on Mr Burke. Counsel said that the school will fully oppose Mr Burke's motion and it wants its contempt motion to be heard in conjunction with the teacher's injunction application. Wilson's Hospital School has returned to the High Court claiming that teacher Enoch Burke has again breached the terms of an order preventing him from attending at its premises.

Burke attended at Wilson's Hospital School premises last week when staff and students returned from the Christmas holidays.

Last week, Burke secured permission from the court to serve short notice of the injunction application on the school where he seeks to halt the disciplinary process. The judge added that the school could come back to court and seek Burke’s attachment if he does not comply with the order to stay away from the school. He claims that the actions brought against him stem from his opposition to “transgenderism”, and his refusal to adhere to a direction from the school last year to refer to a student at the school who wishes to transition as ‘they’ and not a ‘he’. Counsel said during the brief hearing that the school was not seeking an order from the court directing the Gardaí to arrest Burke and bring him before the court to answer the claim that he is again in contempt of court. The judge said that the school’s decision not to seek an attachment order “made sense”, adding that the application before the court would “get the ball rolling.” Counsel said that the school intended to serve the legal documents in relation to its latest application personally on Burke.