Irish police have did not find controversial schoolteacher Enoch Burke, three days after a Dublin courtroom ordered his imprisonment.
The trainer has spent greater than 500 days in jail in a number of spells since 2022, after he refused to cease displaying up on the college that sacked him.
Wilson’s Hospital, a secondary college in County Westmeath, dismissed Burke for misconduct that arose from his refusal to deal with a transgender pupil by their new pronouns.
Burke, a member of an evangelical Christian household from County Mayo, contends he’s being jailed for his non secular beliefs, and has turn out to be a trigger celebre amongst many on the far-right.
His former employers keep he has been jailed for flouting courtroom orders and persevering with to trespass on non-public property.
‘Stalking the college’
On Tuesday, a Excessive Courtroom decide described Burke as an intruder engaged in “stalking the school” and a “potential danger” to pupils and lecturers.
Mr Justice Brian Cregan mentioned that Burke had carried out a sustained and deliberate assault on the authority of the civil courts and instructed Gardai [the Irish police service] to arrest him.
Garda members visited the Burke household residence in Castlebar, County Mayo, a minimum of twice on Wednesday however failed to seek out the trainer. Two movies documenting the visits have been posted to Enoch Burke’s X account.
The movies confirmed the Gardai inquiring as to the trainer’s location, however they have been unsuccessful in tracing him.
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Enoch Burke (R) was arrested in September 2024 after refusing to steer clear of Wilson’s Hospital College
Enoch ‘entitled to non secular perception’
In one of many movies, his father Sean Burke describes the Gardai’s presence as “shameful” and declares that “Enoch is entitled to his religious belief”. The Gardai then go away.
In a press release, the service mentioned: “An Garda Síochána has received a Court order relating to contempt of Court by an individual. An Garda Síochána does not comment on the detail of on-going operations.”
The actions of the Burke household have been producing headlines for years in Eire.
Sean Burke was jailed for 2 months final yr for assaulting a Garda in a courtroom.
The jailing of Enoch Burke has been embraced by right-wing commentators, in Eire and the US, as proof of the oppression of spiritual freedoms.
Elon Musk has shared posts containing deceptive details about the case.
