Overview
- Judge Brian Cregan dismissed Enoch Burke’s challenge to his relocation and found the transfer lawful under the Prisons Act 2007.
- Prison authorities removed his enhanced status after behaviour on an escorted court trip, prompting his move from a single cell in Mountjoy to Castlerea.
- The court rejected his claim that he is imprisoned for religious beliefs, noting the underlying order simply restrains him from entering Wilson’s Hospital School.
- Burke was ordered to pay the legal costs of the Mountjoy and Castlerea governors after a hearing he attended by videolink.
- The case will be reviewed next month, he can purge his contempt by returning to court, and he is seeking permission for a late appeal of the 2023 school ruling.