Enoch Burke has been paid €72,000 for teaching role since his suspension 18 months ago

The sacked schoolteacher has spent 281 days in prison for contempt of courtHe is appealing against the school’s decision to dismiss himHe challenged the school management’s request to call a transgender student by a new name and pronounsBurke has been sent back to jail after being warned by judge about his language

Enoch Burke, who was returned to Mountjoy Prison this week after refusing to comply with a permanent injunction granted to Wilson’s Hospital School last July

Shane Phelan

Sacked schoolteacher Enoch Burke has been paid around €72,000 by the Department of Education since being suspended in August 2022.

The High Court has heard Burke is still on administrative leave and being paid, despite not working for the past year and a half, during which time he has spent 281 days in prison for contempt of court.