Enoch Burke fails in bid to have fitness-to-teach inquiry chair and panel recused
Teaching Council to consider complaints about jailed teacher’s alleged trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School in breach of court orders
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Enoch Burke claims fitness-to-teach panel not public after family refused to provide names
Jailed teacher says members of the public would find being asked for their names ‘intimidatory, should teachers want to attend’
Hearing of Teaching Council inquiry into Enoch Burke allegations set to be postponed
High Court judge tells jailed teacher he will not ‘bow’ to his demand during a lengthy and repetitive over-and-back
Enoch Burke claims Teaching Council inquiry biased as he seeks High Court injunction
Panel scheduled to consider allegations of professional misconduct against jailed teacher on Wednesday
Enoch Burke no longer receiving Department of Education salary after formal dismissal, court told
Burke remains in prison after again refusing to give a court undertaking not to trespass at his former workplace
Enoch Burke’s dismissal from Westmeath school confirmed amid end of appeals process
Court hears jailed teacher does not accept decision
Enoch Burke to remain in prison after telling High Court he was not trespassing
Burke to remain in prison after refusing to purge his contempt of court order banning him from his former workplace
Enoch Burke’s appeal against dismissal ends after he repeatedly interrupted proceedings
Burke disrupted panel after he took issue with Wilson’s Hospital School having legal representation
Oral hearing to assess Enoch Burke’s dismissal will go ahead, High Court rules
Teacher asked for injunction until decision is reached on another part of dispute with Wilson’s Hospital School
Enoch Burke asks appeal court to allow late challenge to finding he was validly suspended
In normal course litigants must file an appeal to a High Court decision 28 days after formalisation of relevant order
Ammi and Martina Burke appeal decision finding them guilty of criminal contempt of court
Full hearing of the case expected in Court of Appeal in July
Martina and Ammi Burke released from prison over contempt
Pair spent two weeks in jail for ‘intense and venomous’ behaviour in court
Enoch Burke fails in Supreme Court bid for judgment appeal
Former teacher remains behind bars, continuing his refusal to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School
Martina and Ammi Burke arrested at Castlerea Prison over contempt ruling
Mother and sister of Enoch Burke to be jailed for contempt following ‘intense and venomous’ interruptions at hearing
Gardaí play waiting game for Martina and Ammi Burke with no sign of mother and daughter in Castlebar
Intelligence being sought about location of two women whose whereabouts largely unknown since High Court judge ordered jailing
Enoch Burke was moved to Castlerea jail for own safety, High Court hears
Jailed teacher lost ‘enhanced’ privileges and could no longer be housed in single cell at Mountjoy
Double trouble: Frank McNally on the dramatic effect of saying the same thing twice
An ordinary person might ask you to ‘cease’ doing something. A lawyer will require you to ‘cease and desist’, and then you’re in trouble
Enoch Burke argues transfer from Mountjoy Prison to Castlerea has ‘no legal basis’
Teacher has spent more than 600 days in jail in separate spells for contempt of a court order to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School
There’s no chance of an end to the Burke family circus – and maybe that’s not a bad thing
It’s helpful to think of the Burkes as a kind of antivirus software
In Burke country: ‘Many people have a lot of time for the family but want to keep their heads down’
No sign of Enoch Burke’s mother Martina and sister Ammi in their hometown of Castlebar after court order for their arrest
‘You have mocked God,’ Enoch Burke tells judge after jailing of his mother and sister
Judge notes we live in a democracy, not a ‘theocracy governed by the Burke family’
Time to halt Burke ‘family circus’: Judge sentences Enoch Burke’s mother and sister to prison for two weeks
Ammi Burke’s behaviour described as ‘disgraceful’ for a solicitor by Judge Brian Cregan
Transfer of Enoch Burke to Castlerea Prison has ‘no basis in law’, brother claims
No actual evidence before court that jailed teacher had been moved from Mountjoy Prison, judge says
A judge says Enoch Burke has ‘free will’. But is that true of any of us?
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Enoch Burke seeks permission to bring late appeal against order banning him from school
In 2023, a High Court judge ruled that Wilson’s Hospital School validly had suspended Burke from his teaching role
The Burkes are back in town (again) – and they insist the judge won’t win
Brian Cregan boldly went where many judges have gone before him and tried to reason with Mammy Martina
Enoch Burke’s mother says her ‘godly’ and ‘righteous’ son should never have been jailed
Judge to rule next week if Martina Burke and daughter Ammi are in contempt of court for behaviour during hearing
Judge to consider whether Enoch Burke family members were in contempt of court
Enoch Burke's mother Martina and his sister Ammi told they can represent themselves or get representation
Enoch Burke’s ‘moot’ challenge to disciplinary panel membership struck out in High Court
Judge had jailed teacher and family members removed from courtroom on Friday for disrupting proceedings
School board want to be joined in Enoch Burke dismissal appeal challenge
Judge made matter returnable to Friday when Enoch Burke is due before the court
What next for Enoch Burke?
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Two resignations from panel convened to hear Enoch Burke appeal, court told
Jailed teacher says he had not seen correspondence on resignations and sought adjournment to allow consideration of issue
Enoch Burke informed of resignations from panel that heard appeal over his dismissal
Resignations come after jailed teacher challenged panel’s conduct of appeal hearing
Transgender rights misinformation is the last thing schools need
It was irresponsible of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to publish the Know Your Rights guide
To free or not to free Enoch Burke? That is the question haunting judges
Restraining the serial protester from litigating until his contempt is purged could be one way of making him comply
Enoch Burke speaks as though ‘he has no free will’, judge says
In written judgment on jail order, judge says Burke ‘has followed a disastrous legal strategy from start to finish’
High Court orders immediate reimprisonment of Enoch Burke
Teacher was arrested at Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath on Monday morning
Judge orders arrest of Enoch Burke after he turns up at Wilson’s Hospital School
Barrister for the school says principal should not have to be dealing with this situation
School can serve legal papers on Enoch Burke seeking his return to prison, judge rules
‘I’m coming here to do a day’s work, that’s what I’ve always done’, teacher says at gates of Wilson’s Hospital
Enoch Burke leaves Mountjoy Prison after High Court orders release to prepare for hearing
Teacher tells judge he intends to immediately return ‘for work’ at Wilson’s Hospital School upon release
Enoch Burke granted leave to seek injunction against disciplinary appeals panel
The school teacher’s application will be heard by the High Court on Thursday
Schoolteacher Enoch Burke to be brought to High Court office for potential action
‘I am not going to put up with any more of your nonsense’, Mr Justice David Nolan tells Burke family
Enoch Burke legal saga set to continue as courts grapple with teacher’s ‘moral universe’
Dispute is due before High Court, Supreme Court and legal costs adjudicators in new year
Enoch Burke will not be prosecuted for criminal contempt, Attorney General tells High Court
In rare court appearance as AG, Rossa Fanning SC said likely outcome and benefit of contempt case must be considered
Enoch Burke fails in effort to temporarily halt disciplinary hearing
Appeal court judges satisfied that schoolteacher would suffer no prejudice from the hearing going ahead
Claims that Enoch Burke is jailed for his beliefs are ‘lies’, judge rules
Judge comprehensively rejects claims by schoolteacher that there were ‘errors’ in earlier judgment
I would not quite say I admire Enoch Burke, but I do find him weirdly impressive
The trick with ‘Jailed Teacher Enoch Burke’ is to appreciate it for what it is: an innovative masterpiece of pure spectacle. If it ever ends, we’ll miss it
Insurance and legal bills skyrocket in review of Wilson’s Hospital School finances
Growing costs come amid High Court dispute with teacher Enoch Burke
Enoch Burke will remain in jail for Christmas, judge says
Jailed teacher claimed to present Oxford dictionary meaning of ‘baleful’ and ‘stalking’ in argument with judge
Court orders Enoch Burke’s salary to be paid direct to school awarded damages against him
Suspended teacher ordered to pay Wilson’s Hospital €15,000 for repeatedly trespassing on grounds
Enoch Burke’s ferocious desire for martyrdom has roots in Irish life
Catholic anti-divorce crusaders deliberately made outrageous analogies and used modern tactics, too
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Enoch Burke returned to prison after being arrested close to Wilson’s Hospital School
Teacher trespassed at Wilson’s Hospital School last week in latest repeated breach of court orders
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