Teacher Enoch Burke to remain in prison after refusing to obey court order not to attend school

Mr Burke told the court that even if he had to remain in prison for 'every hour of every day for the next 100 years' he would not compromise his beliefs nor agree to comply with the terms of the court order

Enoch Burke arriving at the High Court from Mountjoy Prison on Wednesday. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

A teacher is to remain in Mountjoy Prison after telling the High Court he would not comply with an injunction preventing him from attending or teaching at the secondary school where he is employed.

Enoch Burke was committed to prison earlier this week until he agrees to obey a court order not to attend at or attempt to teach any classes at Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath, which suspended him from his position as a teacher of history and German.