Mr Burke has been incarcerated in Mountjoy Prison since September, over his failure to obey a court order to stay away and not try to teach at the school he works at.
Arising out of the article, he had sought an order under Section 33 of the 2009 Defamation Act, seeking to have the article removed and that it not be republished. The defamation case, where he has sued parties including Mediahuis Ireland, returned before Ms Justice Eileen Roberts at the High Court today.
Once it is formally lodged he said that defendant has eight weeks to lodge their defence to his claim. He said he was concerned by the story, which he said was"made up", and had been widely circulated and read, and was damaging to his professional reputation as a teacher. Counsel said that it was not on notice of Mr Burke's application regarding the pleadings in the defamation action.The judge said that if no defence was lodged within eight weeks, then he was perfectly entitled to bring a motion seeking judgment in default of a defence.
Enoch Burke represents an old Ireland, an Ireland where people used religion as a way to attack others. An old Ireland that 99% of Irish citizens are so happy we've now moved away from.
This family must be exhausted having constant battles with every institution in Ireland.
This is an international scandal how this fella has been treated by his employer for his personal beliefs. This would never have happened to a foreign national teaching in Ireland.
He's like the worst lawyer ever 🤣
He’s one pain in the hole anyway
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The comments on here …. Twitter exposes Zero humanity in Ireland
Why is this man in Jail? it makes no sense.
Is that muppet still in prison ?
Id just kick him out of mountjoy and send him back to mammy my taxes are paying for his stay there
STAYTRUE
Going to be long lonely Christmas
Forgot about him there for a bit. Glad to see he's still puffing.
More sttention
Family has form for grandstanding legal actions that go nowhere.
He’s still in jail? 😂😂😂😂 must be enjoying the showers 🤔
He has become a hate figure in Ireland...Best he be released from jail at least....Must be there months ...Serious criminals have done less time in jail...Don't think any school will employ him again...
Queue the derogatory comments about Mr Burke. The irish are a slave race and always will be.
'... would damage his professional reputation as a teacher'... What reputation?
he kinda looks like a pencil doesn't he