Enoch Burke has been taken into custody again in advance of a High Court sitting this morning, at which the court is expected to determine whether he will be committed back to prison.
The arrest followed a direction issued on Friday by Justice Brian Cregan.
Burke is to be informed today whether his continued breaches of a court-imposed prohibition on entering the grounds of Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath will result in his return to custody.
Burke had just been released from prison 5 days ago on January 14th.
Addressing the High Court, Mr. Justice Brian Cregan explained that, having reviewed the documentation submitted in Burke’s most recent legal proceedings, he concluded that additional
time was required to fully consider the matters arising and to adequately prepare for the case.
The judge also cautioned that any further attendance by Burke at the school could lead to his recommittal to custody.
On the 14th, Justice Cregan observed that the former German and history teacher at Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath – who has served a total of 560 days in prison for failing to comply with a court order – has an “unparalleled ability” to shoot himself in the foot.
Burke was released notwithstanding his stated intention to return to the school, which he maintains remains his place of employment and one he is entitled to attend. The judge stressed that the decision to release him was made on the understanding that he would stay away from the school, and that a breach of that understanding would result in his return to prison.