Enoch Burke's defamation case to proceed next week

The case centres around a newspaper story on him during his first period in jail for contempt

is currently detained in Mountjoy Prison for his refusal to comply with court orders not to attend the Wilson's Hospital School in Westmeath which has dismissed him. File picture: Collins Courts

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke's High Court defamation action over a newspaper report when he was in prison for contempt for the first time in 2022 is to be heard next week.

Mr Burke is currently detained in Mountjoy Prison for his refusal to comply with court orders not to attend the Wilson's Hospital School in Westmeath which has dismissed him over what he says was standing up for his religious beliefs. His appeal against his dismissal remains pending.