Enoch Burke

Hearing of dispute between teacher and Wilson’s Hospital School due to open on Tuesday

The Burke family are far from representative of the diverse homeschool movement, which in some cases can be far more effective than school

Fine for breach of injunction requiring suspended teacher to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School while on administrative leave now in excess of €30,000

Unthinkable: The teacher claims he is being punished for his Christian beliefs, but do acts based on religious conviction merit greater moral weight?

The Burke family believe what Bunreacht na hÉireann says we’re all supposed to believe. Let's drop God from our Constitution

School may apply to enforce payment of fines by seeking orders over teacher’s assets

Toilets, uniforms, students’ pronouns and the curriculum are the subject of a polarised conversation

There’s no evidence he or his family have done anything to encourage it, but Burke has become a hero of the far right

Mr Justice Brian O’Moore has been managing the case to ensure an ‘unsually early trial’

School’s legal costs could exceed €500,000 after dispute finally goes to trial in High Court

Court of Appeal judges prevented from reading all of their judgments dismissing teacher’s appeal

Burke accused gardaí of being ‘thugs’ as members of force attempted to remove family members after they refused to leave voluntarily

Fines over alleged contempt of orders will exceed €25,000 by Friday

Teacher must make sworn statement about complying with court orders by Friday, judge directs

'A school is not entitled to be more welcoming than the law permits’, Mr Burke tells court

Protesting Burke removed by gardaí from High Court earlier

Three gardaí removed teacher from courtroom after heated exchange between judge and Burke family

Dismissed teacher and his sister refused to leave courtroom despite order from judge

Burke’s separate appeal over orders restraining him attending at Co Westmeath school to be heard next week

IT Sunday: The case is awkward for the State because it has consistently failed to deny that religious righteousness trumps everybody else’s rights

Wilson’s Hospital secondary school says two factual inaccuracies in its documents have come to light

High Court ruled he must pay €700 daily if he does not desist from visiting Co Westmeath school

This country has often allowed the rights of those who believe they are acting in God’s name to trump those of students

High Court says penalties should persuade dismissed teacher to end ‘utterly pointless attendance’ at Wilson’s Hospital

Justine McCarthy: To the student in question, this must seem a callous brand of Christianity, one that even Jesus Christ might want to dissociate himself from

Teacher has been attending Co Westmeath school despite dismissal following disciplinary process

Gardaí arrested teacher on Tuesday before releasing him pending submission of a file to DPP

Teacher was brought from Wilson’s Hospital school to Mullingar station by gardaí but returned after being released

Teacher entitled to appeal outcome of disciplinary hearing within 10 school days

Under school disciplinary procedures Burke is entitled to appeal within 10 working days

Move follows disciplinary hearing on Thursday which was disrupted by members of the Burke family

Burkes questioned why chairman of board of management of Wilson’s Hospital was not present

Judge found Burke had strong case to halt disciplinary process but must stay away from school in interim

Teacher maintains he is entitled to injunctions stopping disciplinary process despite failure to stay away from school

Lawyers are unaware of any previous sequestration application against an individual contemnor in Ireland

Heated exchanges involving the teacher’s family members break out in court as he applies for injunction against employer

Teacher had been in prison before Christmas for contempt of orders restraining him from attending the school

The teacher is given permission to serve notice of injunction on Wilson’s Hospital school in Co Westmeath

Burke may again be jailed if he breaches court orders, High Court hears

In the News podcast: The teacher's case is dragging on