Enoch Burke seeks to appeal his ban from Wilson’s Hospital School handed down in 2023

Ms Justice Hyland said she would grant Enoch Burke an expedited hearing of his bid for an extension of time, setting a date in April

Enoch Burke also asked the judge for a 'stay' on the school appointing a new disciplinary panel (Dap) to consider his appeal of his dismissal from his teaching job. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin.

Jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke is seeking permission from the Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court judgment handed down almost three years ago banning him from Wilson’s Hospital School.

In May 2023, Mr Justice Alexander Owens ruled that the Co Westmeath school validly had suspended Mr Burke from his teaching position, and subsequently ordered that he be restrained from attending at the school premises.