A judge has doubled Enoch Burke’s daily fine for his continued defiance of a court order.
It was put in place to stop him from attending at Wilson’s Hospital School; and to date, he owes the State almost €80,000 for refusing to do so.
Despite being dismissed from Wilson’s Hospital School for gross misconduct, Mr Burke is still getting his teaching salary, pending the outcome of an appeal process.
Mr Justice David Nolan previously said he thought it best to make an order allowing Mr Burke’s salary, understood to be €48,000, to be docked to pay down the fines.
But today, he was told that could take up more court time through multiple applications.
With that in mind, he gave the Attorney General permission to bring an application to have a receiver appointed over his salary.
Aside from saving time, that route would be more straightforward.
Upon hearing that Mr Burke has entered the school a number of times since the start of the year, Mr J Nolan decided to double the daily fine, from €700 to €1,400.
The case will be mentioned in court again later this month.
Enoch Burke. Photo: Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ie
