Enoch Burke claims transfer from Mountjoy Prison to Castlerea Prison was unlawful

The jailed schoolteacher said the transfer was wrong and shouldn’t have happened, and 'needs to be put right'

Enoch Burke has spent over 600 days in prison in separate spells for his contempt of the court order. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin

Jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke has claimed that his transfer from Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison to Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon has no legal basis.

The High Court jailed Enoch Burke in January on foot of his continued breaching of an order banning him from Wilson’s Hospital School, Co Westmeath, where he previously taught German and history. He has spent over 600 days in prison in separate spells for his contempt of the court order.