Hearing of Teaching Council inquiry into Enoch Burke allegations set to be postponed, court told

Teaching Council agrees to accommodate preliminary applications the jailed schoolteacher may seek to make

A fitness-to-teach inquiry was scheduled to start on Wednesday to consider allegations of professional misconduct against Enoch Burke. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA

A scheduled Teaching Council inquiry into allegations against Enoch Burke is set to be postponed following the council’s agreement to accommodate preliminary applications the jailed schoolteacher may seek to make.

A fitness-to-teach inquiry was scheduled to start on Wednesday to consider allegations of professional misconduct against Mr Burke.