Enoch Burke again refuses to purge his contempt of court order banning him from school

The judge said it was clear that Mr Burke did not wish to purge his contempt, and adjourned the matter for four weeks

Enoch Burke has spent more than 600 days in separate spells in jail.

Jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke has again refused to purge his contempt of a court order banning him from Wilson’s Hospital School, his one-time workplace.

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 Burke be restrained from attending at the school premises.