Enoch Burke

[Neish]

His family have wriggled their way into a post bowl of shamrock bit of dinner with dignitaries stateside and lost their shoes in the ensuing ruckus.

They were protesting outside before, now the bouncers had one job there. One.

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0314/1502020-burke-us/

They attempted to hold a press conference outside after but quickly realised it was only a few Irish press present and jogged on.

Think they thought their case would be taken up by press in the so called land of the free, but the Burkes and just insignificant dot in the long, long list of right wing christian fanatical sects that in the USA

[CraftyToePoke]

They attempted to hold a press conference outside after but quickly realised it was only a few Irish press present and jogged on.

Think they thought their case would be taken up by press in the so called land of the free, but the Burkes and just insignificant dot in the long, long list of right wing christian fanatical sects that in the USA

Saw that yes, it was a miscalculation certainly, but the greater miscalculation was thinking the American press would be waiting thronged outside the Patricks Day din dins in the first place.
They weren't & why would they be.

[Eminence Grise]

Receiver appointed to collect unpaid fines from Enoch Burke's salary (https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0318/1502691-enoch-burke-court/)

The High Court has appointed a receiver to collect €80k in unpaid fines from his salary - and frozen his bank account. Not been a good week for the family, all told.

[pineapple stu]

Have to say I didn't know you could appoint a receiver to a person (as opposed to a company).

Bit mental that he's still receiving a salary though - I presume that's some sort of due process thing at this stage?

[Mr A]

Receiver appointed to collect unpaid fines from Enoch Burke's salary (https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0318/1502691-enoch-burke-court/)

The High Court has appointed a receiver to collect €80k in unpaid fines from his salary - and frozen his bank account. Not been a good week for the family, all told.

Great to see. Bit mad that he has not been formally dismissed yet which is disappointing, but good that there is a move to recoup some of the crazy money this self obsessed danger has cost the state.

[John83]

Have to say I didn't know you could appoint a receiver to a person (as opposed to a company).

Bit mental that he's still receiving a salary though - I presume that's some sort of due process thing at this stage?
The way I heard it went like this. They can't stop his pay until his labour court case has been heard, and the labour court can't hear his case because he's in prison. Catch-22, it's the best one they have.

I don't know why he can't be just be carted by the prison service to the labour court for his hearings there. And he's been out for a few months now anyway.

[Mr A]

He's out? I thought he was locked up again after Christmas?

[pineapple stu]

The way I heard it went like this. They can't stop his pay until his labour court case has been heard, and the labour court can't hear his case because he's in prison. Catch-22, it's the best one they have.

I don't know why he can't be just be carted by the prison service to the labour court for his hearings there. And he's been out for a few months now anyway.

At this stage, surely it's easier to sack him for the various distribute issues and take the hit in a WRC hearing?

Can't be more expensive

[John83]

He's out? I thought he was locked up again after Christmas?
I may well have lost track. He's up and down like the Assyrian Empire.


At this stage, surely it's easier to sack him for the various distribute issues and take the hit in a WRC hearing?

Can't be more expensive
I was under the impression their hands were tied once the appeal was lodged, but I'm not well versed in the law there.

[elatedscum]

i read a few months ago that he's appealing an appeal of an appeal.

1. Appealed his job dismissal
2. Appealed the make-up of the panel that would hear his job dismissal appeal because he claimed Kieran Christie was biased. This was a high court appeal. Lost
3. Has now appealed that ruling to the Appeals Court

So that's got to be heard - and if he loses there, he'll try take it to the supreme court - they don't have to hear it, but they might cause you could say "the decision involves a matter of general public importance"

Then if/when he loses that, they can then have the appeal. I'd say honestly, we're could be another 2-3 years away from him actually losing his job.

[pineapple stu]

I suppose if his salary starts getting taken off him to pay for his fines, then that balances out in the end of the day.

[elatedscum]

there were all these other adjacent things that caused delays. like there was an application to the high court to set aside the permanent injunction. the matter was adjourned to allow the school to make legal submissions on the issue of whether a High Court judge had jurisdiction to set aside a decision of another High Court judge. they're using every tactic imaginable to delay, obfuscate and do whatever they can to stop the processes, including disruptions in court etc. etc.

[Mr A]

I think one issue is his brother is the spit of him and posts under Enoch's twitter account (and weirdly they often seem to pay to get them seen by people). He'll probably get out for the Easter Holidays then get locked up again on the first day back when he turns up at the school again.

There is an interesting question of how they fund all this.. the trip to the US etc and the just being about the place being muppets so much of the time.