Jailed teacher Enoch Burke given trial date for defamation action against Sunday Independent

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke

Tim Healy

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke's High Court defamation action over a newspaper report when he was in prison for contempt for the first time in 2022 is to be heard at the end of April and early May.

Mr Burke is approaching his 300th day in prison for twice defying court orders not to attend the Wilson's Hospital School in Westmeath which sacked him over what he says was standing up for his religious beliefs over instructions by the school on how to address a transgender student.