The Burke family from Castlebar have been in our news for some time now. In fact, for so long, many of us may have difficulty remembering a time when one or more of them were not making either a local, or national media splash.

Whether it was Jemima Burke berating former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan during Covid-19; Ammi Burke (with her mother Martina) creating mayhem at a Workplace Relations Commission hearing and, more recently, appearing at the Labour Court; Simeon Burke demanding equal rights for Cambridge educated lawyers at the Irish Bar; or any number of the family getting dragged out of various courts, their ability to attract media attention has had few rivals.

The star attraction for those who adore this family circus, has, however, been Enoch Burke who, when not commuting to Co Westmeath from Castlebar every day to walk around a school and go home again, has been walking in and out of Mountjoy Prison, with one detour to Castlerea Prison along the way, and now back again to prison.

Frankly it’s all a bit exhausting and surely no one can be feeling more tired than the Burke family themselves.

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