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Enoch Burke loses legal action over suspension by school and must pay €15,000 damages for trespass

Mr Justice Alexander Owens said it was “rational and reasonable” for the board to have apprehension that Burke would “engage in harmful and disruptive conduct

The High Court has found that the decision to suspend Enoch Burke from his job as a schoolteacher was lawful

A decision to suspend Enoch Burke from his job as a schoolteacher was lawful, a High Court judge has found.

Mr Justice Alexander Owens said it was “rational and reasonable” for the board to have apprehension that Burke would “engage in harmful and disruptive conduct” if he was permitted to teach in the school. He said they acted properly in deciding to suspend him in August 2022.

In a judgment delivered today, Mr Justice Owens ...