School seeks to amend court documents used as part of action against Enoch Burke

Court told two factual inaccuracies in documents sworn on behalf of the school had come to light since Thursday evening
A school bus passes as Enoch Burke speaks to media after leaving Wilson’s Hospital School in Heathland, Co Westmeath, on Friday. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

A school bus passes as Enoch Burke speaks to media after leaving Wilson’s Hospital School in Heathland, Co Westmeath, on Friday. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Wilson's Hospital secondary school has told the High Court it wishes to correct certain statements made in a document it is relying on as part of its ongoing legal action against teacher Enoch Burke.

Mr Burke and the school have been engaged in a court battle after he claims he was wrongfully suspended, before being dismissed from his job last week in a row over his objections to referring to a student at the school who wishes to transition as a 'they' rather than a 'he'.

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