Ireland is stuck in a legal drama over an ex-teacher. #EnochBurke and his large family of religious fundamentalist headbangers are in a four-year battle with #WilsonsHospital school. The dispute began with the school's request that staff respect a pupil's request that when a pronoun is used […]
Jailed #transphobic teacher #EnochBurke has been told of resignations from a disciplinary appeal panel convened to hear his appeal over his 2003 dismissal from #WilsonsHospital School. As a consequence, the panel can no longer deal with Burke’s appeal, the letter stated […]
![Excerpt from judgment [2026] IEHC 31, by Mr Justice Brian Cregan, in the case of Wilsons Hospital school vs Enoch Burke:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:khtfw2msi3wrewvfu4bd554u/bafkreig25ccrv6vjbzl6zg36omt5vekctd2n64btw4tdybdo2b7yxn6tme)
Excerpt from judgment [2026] IEHC 31, by Mr Justice Brian Cregan, in the case of Wilsons Hospital school vs Enoch Burke:
![Excerpt from judgment [2026] IEHC 31, by Mr Justice Brian Cregan, in the case of Wilsons Hospital school vs Enoch Burke:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:khtfw2msi3wrewvfu4bd554u/bafkreib2ztx72wsyw3zw2np3lqgvukouc2y5gnpy7indsc2g6fbpruaqda)
Excerpt from judgment [2026] IEHC 31, by Mr Justice Brian Cregan, in the case of Wilsons Hospital school vs Enoch Burke:
SHORT THREAD: On Monday, extremist #transphobe #EnochBurke was returned to prison for continued #ContemptOfCourt, by #trespass at #WilsonsHospital school.
At the #HighCourt #IEHC, #MrJusticeCregan released his written judgment on Tuesday. #CreganJ was again […]
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Ex-teacher #EnochBurke has been arrested this morning, after trespassing at #WilsonsHospital school for a third successive day.
Burke will be taken to the #HighCourt in Dublin for a hearing before #MrJusticeCregan on whether he should be returned to prison […]
Its Friday. Two days since #EnochBurke was released from prison, and Burke's second day back trespassing at #WilsonsHospital school, in breach of the court order.
Burke is due in the #HighCourt #IEHC at 2pm for #MrJusticeCregan an application by the school to return him to prison […]
Headline from linked RTÉ news article: "School brings proceedings to have Enoch Burke arrested again"
#EnochBurke is due back in the #HighCourt #IEHC at 2pm on Friday 16th, for a hearing on the application by #WilsonsHospital that Burke should be returned to prison. The judge will be #JusticeBrianCregan, who jailed Burke in November, but released him on Wednesday […]
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#EnochBurke is back #trespassing at #WilsonsHospital, defying an injunction, as he told the #HighCourt #IEHC he would do.
#Garda did not arrest Burke because they did not have a warrant. The school now has to send its barrister to court. The warrant will be issued, then Gardai will spend days […]
Land Mines Placed Outside #WilsonsHospital School Amid #EnochBurke Release. Crocodiles too.
#Satire #WaterfordWhispersNews #WWN #trans #iepol #BurkeFamily
Another day, another #BurkeFamily show in the #HighCourt #IEHC.
It's another appeal against an appeal, this time the procedure of the Disciplinary Appeals Panel (#DAP) review of Burke's dismissal from #WilsonsHospital school.
As usual the Burkes shouted down the judge, this time Ms Justice […]
Headline frim linked article in The Irish News: "Elaine Crory: The lies around the Enoch Burke saga cannot go unchallenged". Strapline: "The myth-factory that is social media would have us all believe it’s about principles, faith, or a determination to face down the spectre of pronouns".
"One thing is clear: the whole circus is built on a foundation of lies, and it is irresponsible and dangerous to let those lies sit unchallenged." — Elaine Crory on #EnochBurke
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Headline from RTÉ News: "Disciplinary panel to consider appeal by Enoch Burke". Updated / Saturday, 13 Dec 2025 12:34
Today in #Athlone, a Dept of Education Disciplinary Appeals Panel (DAP) meets to hear #EnochBurke's appeal against Jan 2023 dismissal from #WilsonsHospital School.
Burke is transported by #Gardai from #MountjoyPrison. So a day+overtime for 3 Gardai, & use of […]
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The #CourtOfAppeal has rejected #EnochBurke's application to stop his Dismissal Appeals Panel (DAP) from going ahead on Saturday 13th December. And he has to pay the Dept of Education's legal costs.
Burke was dismissed from #WilsonsHospital School in January 2023. He has reoeatedly delayed the […]
I don't know if there will be another hearing before Christmas. But #WilsonsHospital School must be relieved that there is no risk of #EnochBurke returning to disrupt the school.
#MrJusticeCregan has got the measure of the #BurkeFamily, and built the template for how to deal with them. He notes […]
Picture of Enoch Burke standing outside the grey walls at the gate to Wilson's Hospital School A caption in red ketters reads "Enoch Burke faces school’s €600,000 legal bill"
Ex-teacher #EnochBurke may be liable for up to €600,000 in legal costs of #WilsonsHospital school in contesting Burke's antics.
The bills were paid by insurers #Allianz, who got discounts of up to 30%. Multiple costs orders have been made against Burke by the […]
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On 28th November, after a previous hearing, #MrJusticeCregan had reminded #EnochBurke that he could leave prison whenever he wanted to: all he needed to do was to purge his #ContemptOfCourt by promising to stay away from the school.
Full judgment: https://tinyurl.com/bdfzzzrb
Screenshot of paragraphs 10 to 15 of the second judgment of Mr Justice Cregan in the case of Wilson's Hospital School vs Enoch Burke. The paragraphs read: Mr. Burke’s purging of his contempt. 10. I would like to make it crystal clear to Mr. Burke what he must do to purge his contempt and to be released from prison. 11. He must give an undertaking to the court that he will not enter on, or trespass on, the school’s property again without the school’s consent. That is all. (The issue of outstanding fines will however remain.) 12. He does not have to give any undertaking that he will follow the school principal’s direction to call a child “they” or “them”. He does not have to accept transgenderism. He does not have to stop protesting against transgenderism. He does not have to change his religious beliefs one iota. 13. The idea that Mr. Burke is being imprisoned because of his religious beliefs is nonsense. This court does not imprison people for their religious beliefs. Mr. Burke is being imprisoned because he is trespassing on other people’s property. No more. No less. 14. Any statements by Mr. Burke, or other members of his family, that he is being imprisoned because of his opposition to transgenderism are demonstrably false. 15. As I said in my first judgment, Mr. Burke has the keys to his own prison. He only has to give an undertaking that he will obey court orders – like every other citizen in the country.
How #EnochBurke can get out of #prison.
On Friday 28 November, #JusticeCregan made his second #HighCourt judgment on the #WilsonsHospital case. Full text of judgment at https://tinyurl.com/bdfzzzrb
Cregan again set out clearly that the only condition for […]
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Yes, @simon_brooke, they are extraordinarily unpleasant!
And persistent too. Cregan excellent judgment covers only the hydra-headed #WilsonsHospital drama, but the family's hate-fuelled antics go back twenty years. There's a bit of a summary at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_family_(Castlebar
#Transphobic #bully #EnochBurke is back in prison, after a week on the run from the court 's warrant.
The imprisonment delights most of Ireland. Fans of education are relieved that #WilsonsHospital is now protected.
#Transphobes are also thrilled. They use their boy's incarceration as an […]
In summary, #TerryGorry's latest video at https://youtu.be/_vSKj8ePRG4 identifies FIVE strands of legal action:
1/ ongoing civil proceedings against #EnochBurke for #contemptofcourt by defying the #injunction to stay away from the school, where fines are mounting, cost recovery is incomplete […]
Solicitor #TerryGorr gives v helpuful explanations of legal developments in the #EnochBurke saga.
Background: Burke was a teacher at #WilsonsHospital school. In mid 2022 he objected to the school facilitating #gender transition of a #nonbinary pupil. Burke claimed that being asked to use the […]
Another day, another High Court hearing in Dublin about #EnochBurke's continued #trespass at #WilsonsHospital school.
"Enoch Burke could be forced to pay for security guard who is hired to keep him away from school", reports #TheJournal […]
Headline from the Irish Independent: "Security guard stationed at Wilson’s Hospital School as Enoch Burke continues to enter grounds"
The #EnochBurke saga continues as farce. Burke was suspended more than three years ago and fired nearly three years ago, but is still defying high court injunctions to stay away. His appeal against dismissal still hasn't been heard.
And now #WilsonsHospital […]
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Enoch Burke spoke as he returned to Wilson's Hospital school at term start
#Burkes #WilsonsHospital #School #BackToSchool #News
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