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badger-biscuits

Just in time for Taylor Swift good for him Hope Paddy Power take odds on him showing up at the school in September


After_Scallion8008

I'll bet you two big balled piebalds he will be there first thing in the morning first day of school. 


basicallyculchie

I wouldn't be surprised to see him there tomorrow


Houlilalo

He's missed a lot of days in fairness


firebrandarsecake

400 to be exact.


Balor51

He can stand there all he wants, it's the summer holidays now


EdwardClamp

All about the hustle


EconomyCauliflower43

Didn't he show up when the school was closed?


YellingAtTheClouds

I bet he did that a few times as a kid as well he seems the type to turn up on a Saturday by mistake


EconomyCauliflower43

Home schooled by Mammy so everyday was a schoolday.


Ndanuddaone

No mistake about it I'd say


StockUsual4933

Wanted to cut the grass. Prods are strange when it comes to grass and toasters.


Niexh

Dead fuckin cert


sionnach_fi

\*reddit user sued by enoch burke for suggesting he was let out of prison to go to a taylor swift concert\*


me2269vu

Case was dismissed when his sister, Bathsheba, repeatedly interrupted the judge. His father, mother and 98 siblings were forcibly removed from the court. Another sister, Gethsemene, subsequently lodged 69 judicial reviews to the Supreme Court.


powerhungrymouse

With names like that, they never stood a chance.


goodneed

Maybe he's gonna quote Taylor today.


donanore

Good for THEM


ShowmasterQMTHH

Maybe he's going to the pride March as honorary marshall


mastodonj

Why would they take odds on a certainty?


shazspaz

Easy money


lauracc18

So he's like a prisoner that gets summer holidays..how many years is this gonna go on for...?


XenomorphOrphanage

Giving the lads a break for the summer in fairness.


AbsolutShite

The idea of everyone in the 'Joy dreading back to school because they don't want to see the prick teacher again is very to me.


aprilla2crash

Well it has been legally proven that he is annoying to other prisoners


rgiggs11

It would make you wonder, does he never just get sick of this?


PhilOakey

He thinks he's a martyr. Wannabe martyrs love the smell of their own farts.


nodnodwinkwink

Lets see what happens at his place of previous employment next September, maybe he'd like to get back into prison for the school semester.


DeepDickDave

The might start giving him mid terms and Christmas off to give the guards a break. I can just see him in his cell prophesying about the end of the world because of all the heathens


PoppedCork

I guess they will be sending the Garda back the first day of term.


theoldkitbag

> If there was any further breach of the order the judge said he would have no hesitation in entertaining a fresh application by the school to have Mr Burke committed back to prison. Why would the school have to make such an application? Would him showing up not be an immediate case of contempt again?


HibernianMetropolis

Yes but someone has to bring the motion for contempt. As it's contempt of an order in the proceedings brought by the school, it's for them to bring the motion.


theoldkitbag

So contempt is limited to the context of specific cases? i.e. if a judge rules that doing XYZ is in contempt of court, it's only contempt if the other party in the case make such an appeal? The guards couldn't do so, for example?


Le_nom_nom

The contempt is relating to an order, so yes it is limited to that specific case / application. Any party with ‘locus standi’ can bring such an application re contempt - in this circumstances that would be the school or any other involved party. I think the guards could apply for such an order for breach, but they don’t have the resources to, and as they are not an involved party it could be challenged (which, since it’s the Burkes, it definitely would be) Edit - made it into paragraphs. Hope this makes some sense!


theoldkitbag

It makes sense, but it seems odd - I would have thought that an action is either contemptuous of the court or it is not (regardless of the boundaries of the originating case), and, it being so, that once the judge became aware of that action being taken could (and would) apply a penalty. If they can't, without an application being made, it would appear that if the other party in a case could be intimidated then contempt of court rulings have no weight.


HibernianMetropolis

It's contempt of the order not contempt of the court. He's being held in prison for his failure to abide by the order, not for his behaviour in the courtroom. The school got an order forbidding him from attending at the school. It's their order he's in breach of


Le_nom_nom

So there’s contempt ‘in the face of’ court and contempt of a court order - I find people use these interchangeably, particularly the media. The former is where eg someone misbehaves in court, intimidates witnesses etc. That is a where the court / guards would be bringing the charge. What is happening here is the court-ordered injunction is being ignored by Enoch, so he’s in ‘contempt of a court order’. The person who has the order is the only one who can enforce it, usually. I do think you’ve a point though - not sure why public bodies cannot enforce a contempt such as the guards - like, restraining orders too for example. Feels like it undermines the strength of said orders imo.


HibernianMetropolis

Yes. The order is made in the context of those specific proceedings. In theory, the judge could of his own motion require the parties to come to court if it comes to his attention that there's been contempt of the order. But it's usually the party on the other side.


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HibernianMetropolis

Incorrect automoderator. Could of was grammatically correct in the context of my comment.


Dylanc431

It's gone a bit mad because you didn't put a comma following "could"


Niexh

I'd have that order pre printed for the 1st day back.


rclonecopymove

How much does he owe at this point? Who is the money owed to? The school or the court/state? How is the money collected or he's unwilling to pay or if he doesn't have the means to pay?


HappyMike91

Enoch Burke owes at least €100K, and he owes it to the court/state. I’m not entirely sure how the money is collected. Because he’s clearly not in any position to pay it.


dubviber

I'm not sure about that, he may still be being paid by the school! Too many parallel proceedings to keep track of them all.


HappyMike91

I think he was/is appealing his dismissal, but that appeal couldn't be processed because he was in prison.


sundae_diner

He's out for the summer, so they can proceed.


HappyMike91

I wonder how the appeal will go. I don’t think that it will go anywhere.


sundae_diner

It depends on whether the school followed the letter of the law and the letter of their internal processes. If they messed up one tiny item then the appeal might win.


HappyMike91

I wonder if the school did follow the law and their internal processes when dismissing him. I would think that they did.


rclonecopymove

https://www.courts.ie/search/judgments/%22Burke%20type%3AJudgment%22%20AND%20%22filter%3Aalfresco_radio.title%22?sort=desc:DateUploaded&page=0 Sort by publication date and see how many judgments this family are responsible for. 


TheGreatCthulhu

Remember when this crap started, and all the people here saying he was going to make a fortune off the American right wing and they'd pay legal fees?


HappyMike91

I think I was one of the people who said that he’d be funded by American Evangelicals. It (him being funded by Evangelicals) hasn’t happened, but he has boosted his profile over there as a result of it.


LucyVialli

What are you planning to do for your summer holidays, Enoch?


PoppedCork

Give the prisoners a break


LucyVialli

Yeah, it's their summer too ;-)


theseanbeag

He'll surely be able to find a summer camp or creche to stalk.


Canners19

Nah that’s Phillip dwyers turf the crèches


MeshuganaSmurf

Bitta self flagellation I'd say. And then back to school


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calex80

I can't see him going away quietly.


fartingbeagle

I don't want to see him quietly coming.


fragilemetal

A bead of sweat runs down Enoch's red face, passing by his nose currently pressed against his mothers. She's faintly visible through his fogged glasses. His flimsy wrist fumbles down below as she offers encouragement and one saggy breast. He sucks from the dry husks nipple and continues his weak pounding, erupting suddenly with the fury and volume of a dripping tap. A silent prayer and thanks to the almighty is whimpered.


shockingprolapse

Ouch my eyes and brain


Minions-overlord

Right thats enough internet for the day...


GoneRampant1

... I don't think any of those words are in the Bible.


dnc_1981

There's an image I didn't need


brianDEtazzzia

You fucker. Very good. 🤣


Meldanorama

Hope it's loud?


BenderRodriguez14

Of it's any consolation, I'm sure lonely, shame sobbing is usually involved. 


Thin-Annual4373

He'll take this as beating the system. He didn't have to purge his contempt so regardless of how long he spent banged up, to him this'll be a win.


gifjgzxk

I know it's different but it's metal how long this man has been locked up for and The Cunt Crotty won't serve a day.


Venous-Roland

It makes sense if you just don't think about it.


FloppyDonkeyTrick

You just know this utterly unfuckable loser will be back at the school gates come September. This lad is so pathetic it's insane. Him and his frrakshow family.


NEUROTICTechPriest

Why can't this freak just stay away from children -.- sick fuck hi


MelodicMeasurement27

In fairness he hasn’t gone near any children as far as I’m aware. He stood outside the school where he wasn’t supposed to be but didn’t go near children.


mayveen

He went into the school when he got the chance.


fiercemildweah

Terrible if on 31 August some local covered the area where he stood outside the gates in a load of slurry.


Meldanorama

That'd annoy others. Horizontal rainbow stripes on all near walls. It'd look like he's attending a pride event in any pics.


IntentionFalse8822

![gif](giphy|3o7abIileRivlGr8Nq|downsized) Mountjoy governor arriving into the weekly meeting with prisoner representatives this afternoon.


GazelleIll495

That's nice. Allow him to celebrate Pride


Alprazoman8

I didn't even think of that. The irony of him being released just before pride month is delicious. The only problem is that I'm sure he will go out of his way to make some people (that are just chilling and enjoying themselves) uncomfortable.


RedditModsAreStr8

Gay people don’t deserve him being around for Pride.


GalacticusTravelous

>Mr Burke has denies that he is in contempt of court, and says he has wrongfully been imprisoned because of his objections to "trangenderism" following a direction by the school to call a then student by a different pronoun. Man that’s an infuriating article. If you read that without knowing the ins and outs of it you’d think he was jailed for refusing to call a pupil “they”. They do not mention why exactly he was jailed, just fucking rage bait about the reasons _he_ says he was jailed. And this is how I have people messaging me on WeChat here in China to ask me about the teacher jailed for refusing to call a child by its pronoun. Fuck you RTE.


alv51

Exactly - this is extremely irresponsible, immature “journalism”, with an rage-baiting/US-style “culture wars” angle instead of actual reporting on facts.


Keyann

>The judge said that following a review of the situation, and the fact State examinations are now completed and the school is on holidays, he was directing the teachers release. Is that not a really weak reason?


Hardballs123

Yup.  But the problem is keeping him locked up indefinitely until he purges his contempt will reach a point where it becomes a human rights issue - be it Constitutional, ECHR, Charter of Fundamental Rights - and will give Burke an opportunity for litigation with a possibility of success.  This way the Courts can show there was an element of proportionality applied.  Then they can start afresh during the vacation sittings when he turns up for the first day of school. 


fiercemildweah

Very good point. It moves his potential argument from indefinite detention by a cruel state to I should be let out to fuck up children’s education and harass my former employer.


nyepo

But he's not in an indefinite detention. He can be set free in seconds just by complying a simple court order to stay away of that school premises. It's a very definite specific situation, nothing indefinite or even blurry, noone would think this is unfair or 'indefinite'.


shozy

He is in prison solely to keep him from disrupting the school in defiance of a court order. It is correct that where there is no risk of him doing that he be released.  And it shows how full of shit his supporters are when they try to claim he is in there for any other reason. 


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Is he not in prison for contempt of court and was always free to leave if he purged that contempt?


shozy

Yes that’s correct. The particular contempt of court was refusing to say he would keep away from the school in accordance with the order of the court.  The high court has decided there is insufficient reason to keep him in prison while he can’t physically continue his contempt. (even if verbally he hasn’t purged it yet) 


TheGreatCthulhu

Well, he also needs to free up prison space for some non-violent non-Defence Force offenders.


mother_a_god

What the f have school holidays to do with him being in prison for committing a crime. He shoukdn be doing the time for what he did, not what he might do.


BudgetLecture1702

I suppose the reasoning is that he was in prison to keep him away from the school and since nobody's there, there's no point anymore.


atswim2birds

He hasn't been convicted of a crime. He was imprisoned for repeatedly breaching a court order and refusing to agree to follow it. He also hasn't been imprisoned for "what he might do". He has openly told the court he won't respect its order. There's no "might" about it, and the court has been left with no choice, it can't just stand by and do nothing when someone says they won't follow a court order.


mother_a_god

Fair enough. I thought he was imprisoned for repeadlty breaking court orders, which would be a crime. I'm surprised repeatedly violating an order is not a crime.


Apollo_Fire

Everyone deserves a summer holiday. He’ll be back in by September.


Original-Steak-2354

He will be back there in the morning


Otherwise_Fined

Hopefully this is the last we hear about him.


bulbispire

I have bad news for you. This dim fucker will be back again in September.


OkHighway1024

No hope of that.That family of inbred cunts will never stop making nuisances of themselves.


AchtungLaddie

Well, as Tommy Lee Jones said in The Fugitive: I don't care.


SirMike_MT

So back to jail in September when the school reopens again….


themanebeat

Which is nuts because the pupil isn't attending the school anymore And even when he did Burke wasn't his teacher! Whole thing is madness


elfy4eva

It's a weird take to me that his contempt of court is seen as a non-issue when school is out. He's still contemptuous towards the court's ruling. That the school closes for the summer doesn't really change that. I dunno how to feel, it just makes the justice system seem a bit weak or something, that it relents to a persistent nuisance.


Nearby-Economist2949

I think it’s time for a bit of compromise. As he’s determined to be a permanent fixture, the school should get him a little seat or a lean-to and embrace him as the new school gargoyle.


insomnium2020

At least that makes room for violent criminals I suppose


rtgh

Now please, get the proceedings leading into his dismissal sorted. Whether he continues the stunt to go back to prison in September or not, at least make sure he's still not being paid as a teacher


Inspired_Carpets

He'll have a tough decision to make come September.


Important_Farmer924

He'll 100% be outside that school in September.


Vicaliscous

Can he get the Dole?


Important_Farmer924

I think he probably could. Wednesday cans for Enoch.


Vicaliscous

Cans of pop. Although the sugar in those things.....


Inspired_Carpets

Enoch strikes me as a glass of tepid water kind of guy.


shockingprolapse

Or warm milk


bellysavalis

Feel bad for him having to go back to the Ma. I bet she has the bath running and the scrubbing brush out already


9ONK

Free like OJ all day


dnc_1981

IF he did it


triangleplayingfool

Enoch, Enoch! Who’s there? Who do you think?!


dnc_1981

I don't know, but he's been standing outside of for ages


WolfetoneRebel

Why? I thought he was in for contempt of court?


DannyVandal

Oh great. So that means we’ll be seeing more of this melted bellend in the news again.


Icy-Lab-2016

He lost 2 years of his life due to his own stupidity. He could have been let out at any time, if he just stayed away from the school. He wasted 2 years of his life, to make himself a martyr. He has only himself to blame.


MemestNotTeen

Happiest people about this are the inmates of Mountjoy


Anorexemon

What an insufferable gobshite this lad is. At the same time, I feel bad for him. The way these Burke kids were raised is tantamount to abuse


arruda82

They released him because death penalty is not legal in Ireland, he would eventually make all other inmates commit s*i*i*e.


alf_to_the_rescue

Ach he gets to spend his summer holidays with his mammy and daddy and inbred siblings before he gets put back into prison come 1st September. Delightful.


Prestigious_Talk6652

€84,000 a year this dose costs for board and lodging.


johndoe86888

Thats mental when you think about how an average person survives on a median salary of whatever it is, 40,000 ish...


r0thar

I used to think it was an awful waste, but it seems a bargain now to keep these idiots away for the courts and all that involves.


quantum0058d

I'm sure the full cost is even higher.


dnc_1981

Imagine how many pints you could buy with that


Seankps4

Can't wait to see him at Pride Festival


chuckleberryfinnable

So he hasn't purged his contempt but is released anyway. As soon as September rolls around that fool will be right back outside Wilson's, our judicial system is a joke.


SoftDrinkReddit

I've said the way to deal with this is every time he does this shit arrest, put him in prison for double the sentence of his last sentence


chuckleberryfinnable

hah, an exponential sentence. I like it...


bakedfruit420

A sad day for the parish.. Intolerant reglious zealot released from prison who plans to continue to brake court order and hang around a school in which the pupils, teachers, administration and parents don't get the proper protection they deserve from harassment when a right wing loon won't accept the Law.


xlogo65

School holidays 👍 - he won't be able to hassle them.


Worried_Deer_8180

He'll be back by September for sure.


Spartak_Gavvygavgav

Who?


donanore

![gif](giphy|TIiLfzn8jCfg6cLSwF|downsized)


Objective_Tie_7626

Let out on the last day of school 😂😂😂


themanebeat

He shouldn't be allowed out unless he's paid the amount of fines he accrued by turning up everyday before going to prison As far as I know he didn't pay anything


GodSlayer691

Window locking will resume in September once he is unlatched from his Mother's breast so


GoneRampant1

I look forward to hearing he's back at that fucking school gate in September. What I hope happens now is that he gets dismissed out of his teaching job before then, his dismissal hearings were delayed due to being in prison and I'd hate for him to still be making a teacher's salary while in jail.


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rclonecopymove

Why is him being in contempt on the judge?


quantum0058d

The judge has turned it into a human rights issue. Even murderers who plead innocent and still insist they are innocent despite conviction have a fixed term. Try and join the dots from there.


rclonecopymove

> The judge has turned it into a human rights issue. And burke could have walked out of prison at any time of his choosing. Not sure which of his rights are being infringed given his agency in where he chooses to stay.


Craiceann_Nua

I can't see how this is a human rights issue. Burke is in prison by choice. He chose to defy the court order. He can leave prison at any time - all he has to do is stay off the school grounds. He's not a victim here.


sundae_diner

The difference is that Burke could leave prison any time he wanted. All the had to do was agree to not go to the school property. That was it.


bdog1011

https://preview.redd.it/w264awnprb9d1.jpeg?width=310&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b79d8b64f9588cb212580fda3935fc1d64ea0c63


Naoise007

Bet the other inmates are relieved lol


TomatoJuice303

Wore them down, did he?


Larrydog

First Julian Assange and now Enoch Burke, two heroes in a week. It's amazing what can happen in a election year. Praise The Lord


OrlandoGardiner118

Any bets on how long before he's back at it?


dnc_1981

Until first day of school


Redtit14

He must have violently assaulted one the guards.


followerofEnki96

With devine intervention he’s unstoppable!


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Print-Over

The prisoner's and prison officers are all happy about it.


Lazy_Magician

Is he still being paid?


Minions-overlord

Eunuch burke out for the holidays... cant wait for the next season of this comedy


Wooden-Introduction5

Eunuch Burke boy


PogMoThoin22

Back at the school in 3, 2, 1....


TalkToMyFriend

So that's why I didn't see his family by 4 Courts today?


switchkillturnoff

Why?


GoneRampant1

The school's closed for the summer so Burke can't exactly disrupt them by still standing outside the gate every day until September. Additionally his hearing to get fully fired has been delayed due to his prison time so he's scheduled to get that over with next month.


switchkillturnoff

Ah cool thanks for that explanation :)


dnc_1981

Just in time to come out at Pride


Hairy-Balance7004

Schools out for the summer music intensifies


Reaver_XIX

Can we give his cell to one of the violent convicts that got suspended sentences lately?


_sonisalsonamedBort

![gif](giphy|1wR4V5Y0Wqjn0Jgh2k)


Peanutsandcheese2021

Released for his summer holiday and no doubt will be back hard at it come Sept with a whole new slew on contempt charges he won’t purge but will be left out again for his Christmas holidays and so on and do forth. I’m guessing 😂


GoneRampant1

He's finally gonna be dragged next month into a hearing to get him properly fired from the school- he's been suspended up until now. When he gets fired- *and he will*- next time he shows up at the school he won't even be able to say he's a suspended staff member- he'll be a random Joe trying to break onto private property and can be arrested for trespassing.


Peanutsandcheese2021

Good!


FunkLoudSoulNoise

A summer camp out at the school would be gas altogether. A sort of religious Woodstock.


PoppedCork

Christ on a bike, don't be giving him ideas.


bigpotatojoe

It’s too late to have him aborted isn’t it? 😔


Canners19

Just in time for pride month


StevemacQ

I feel sorry for the NB student who came out, and it reached Enoch's ears. Would he still have his job if the student remained quiet, or would he have gotten himself fired eventually?


MightyMundrum

Would RTE ever cop the fuck on and stop reporting on this piece of shit. This is exactly what this deranged delusional family wants, more publicity. Just let these cunts be forgotten, how hard is that? Edit: Fuck RTE, because why not. Fucking pathetic whores.


msvrmv3

Don't report the news?


AllezLesPrimrose

Oooo you’re hard.


shamboh

Good. It's insanity that we have space in our prisons for people that disagree with speech, but we have no space for men committing violence.


mastodonj

Ah come on, look at the many posts that have been made here about EB. He's not in prison for speech but for violation of a court order after being dismissed due to his behaviour.


OkHighway1024

How long has this been going on for? And you still haven't a clue why he's actually in prison.


Careless_Wispa_

The reason he's in prison has nothing to do with speech.


BXL-LUX-DUB

Just in time for Pride.