Teacher Enoch Burke has been in and out of court – and of prison – over his refusal to stay away from the school he once worked for.

His legal challenges have clogged up the courts, but he is also involved in another process – an appeal against his dismissal before a disciplinary appeal panel.

Last month that panel fell apart when two of its three members stood down. But the courts need the disciplinary panel to finish its work before Burke’s case can be resolved.

So how is this new delay being viewed by the lawyers attempting to bring this long running saga to an end?

And how does the panel work? What is the holdup and why has their been two panels so far with a third one now likely?

Irish Times legal affairs correspondent Mary Carolan explains this new twist in the Enoch Burke affair.

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