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Disciplinary meeting for Enoch Burke may not go ahead as teacher still in jail

Barrister for Wilson’s Hospital School in Westmeath says case is ‘not about transgenderism’, but about ignoring a court order

Enoch Burke, at the Bridewell Garda station: sent to prison for a week last Wednesday after he refused to give an undertaking that he would obey a High Court order not to attend Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath. Picture: Collins Courts

A disciplinary meeting for a teacher jailed after ignoring a court order is not expected to go ahead at a previously scheduled date later this week, the Business Post understands.

Enoch Burke was sent to prison for a week last Wednesday after he refused to give an undertaking that he would obey a High Court order not to attend Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath.

The order was sought after he allegedly attended the school ...