Long running legal saga has ‘preoccupied the nation for far too long’, Mr Justice Nolan said in his judgment
A High Court judge has given the green light for the Attorney General to bring an application “in the public interest” to enforce the payment of almost €80,000 in fines owed by teacher Enoch Burke.
Mr Burke’s salary, which is estimated to be in the region of €48,000, is still being paid by the Department of Education, pending his appeal against his dismissal from Wilson’s Hospital School. Mr Justice Nolan said that it was clear to him that Mr Burke “has no intention” of abiding by court orders, and seems to believe that enforcement action “is an attempt to force him to recognise or approve of matters which he regards as abhorrent to his religious beliefs”.
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