Enoch Burke has per week to pay a fantastic of just about €24,000 for contempt of court docket as much as the start of this month, or face motion to implement the fee, the Excessive Courtroom has dominated.
In a judgment issued right this moment, the court docket mentioned it could take steps to permit Mr Burke’s former college to implement the fantastic protecting the interval as much as 1 March.
The suitable steps to be taken by the varsity may embrace the sequestration of Mr Burke’s belongings the court docket mentioned.
Mr Justice Brian O’Moore mentioned he had come to the view that the secondary college instructor was persevering with to breach the order directing him to avoid Wilson’s Hospital Faculty in Co Westmeath, both as a result of the fantastic was too low or as a result of he didn’t actually consider the fines would ever be enforced.
The choose mentioned he wouldn’t enhance the every day fantastic of €700 he imposed on the finish of January “at this stage”.
However he mentioned he would “crystallise” the sum of money due as of 1 March and “good” or finalise the court docket’s order, permitting the varsity to take the suitable steps to implement the fines.
The choose mentioned there have been clear and apparent steps which may very well be taken together with the sequestration of Mr Burke’s belongings.
As and from 4pm on 23 March, he mentioned, the varsity was free to take no matter measures it wished to take to implement the fines.
Mr Justice O’Moore mentioned the every day fantastic of €700 would proceed to run till the injunction was both put aside or Mr Burke purged his contempt.
The choose mentioned either side could be notified of the subsequent overview date at which Mr Burke’s compliance with court docket orders from 2 March onwards could be reviewed.
