High Court refuses to entertain inquiry into legality of Simeon Burke's detention

Simeon Burke has been remanded in custody since his arrest over a month ago with consent to bail, which he has declined to take up.

Simeon Burke has claimed that his ongoing incarceration is unlawful and he applied for an inquiry under Article 40.4 of the Constitution into his continued detention at the Dublin prison. File photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The High Court has declined to entertain an application for an inquiry into the legality of law student Simeon Burke's detention.

At a vacation sitting of the High Court on Tuesday morning, Mr Justice Mark Heslin said that he was not prepared to hear an application, brought by Mr Burke's sister Ammi Burke on behalf of her brother who is currently detained at Cloverhill Prison, on foot of an alleged breach of the peace following an incident at the Court of Appeal last month.