Enoch Burke wins injunction over dismissal appeal hearing

Sacked teacher Enoch Burke has been granted a temporary injunction against the holding of a disciplinary appeal before a three-person panel tomorrow, a High Court judge has ruled.

Ms Justice Eileen Roberts heard an ex-parte application brought by Burke this afternoon where he sought to prevent the scheduled hearing from going ahead in Tullamore tomorrow morning.

A decision dismissing Burke from his teaching position with Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath was made in January. ...