Judge grants inquiry into legality of Simeon Burke's detention in prison

As part of his inquiry, Simeon Burke seeks an order from the court directing his immediate release from Cloverhill

Simeon Burke is charged with a breach of the peace, under the Public Order Act, for engaging in threatening, insulting and abusive words and behaviour at the Court of Appeal.

A High Court judge has directed an inquiry into the legality of law student Simeon Burke's ongoing detention in a Dublin prison.

In a ruling on Wednesday evening, Mr Justice Antony Barr said that sufficient evidence had been raised regarding the 24-year-old Co. Mayo man's detention at Cloverhill Prison that merited the court directing an inquiry under Article 40.4 of the constitution.