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Enoch Burke arrives outside Westmeath school
- On Thursday, Enoch Burke was stopped at Wilson's School gates by private security at around 9.20am, with around half a dozen supporters present and a garda patrol car attending briefly.
- The High Court released Burke to allow time to prepare legal submissions after he was jailed since late November for breaching a court order and last week sought a temporary injunction against the Disciplinary Appeals Panel.
- Over the last three years, Enoch Burke has been arrested multiple times, spent over 500 days in jail, accumulated around €225,000 in fines, and faced suspension and dismissal in 2022.
- Under the release terms, Burke must not trespass on school property, and the judge told the school to return to the High Court if he breaches the order, warning of re-imprisonment.
- During a hearing earlier this week, the court said Enoch Burke raised credible issues against the Disciplinary Appeals Panel, and he told media he felt a duty to attend the school after release.
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The Irish schoolteacher who became famous over his perseverance in protecting his freedom of conscience returned to his former workplace on Thursday morning, January 15th, less than 24 hours after being released from prison, despite a High Court warning that doing so could see him jailed again. Enoch Burke, a German and history teacher and an Evangelical Christian, arrived at Wilson’s Hospital School in central Ireland shortly after 9.15 a.m.,…
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