Enoch Burke owes €208,000 in fines arising from Wilson’s Hospital School dispute, court rules
Schoolteacher has ‘paid a very heavy price’ for his refusal to obey court orders, judge says
Enoch Burke
Enoch Burke needs to follow court orders like any other citizen
Comparisons with other crimes and sentences are absolutely irrelevant
What Enoch Burke saga teaches us about the Irish justice system
Justice system is expected to remedy everything from poverty to addiction. It was never designed to carry this load - and does not do it well
Former employee at Wilson’s Hospital School awarded €7,500 for unfair dismissal
School where teacher Enoch Burke worked has faced employment cases from six former staff over past two years
Enoch Burke launches fresh court challenge over school dismissal
Latest case is against disciplinary appeals panel, school board and Minister for Education
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
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
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