Taxi driver who shared videos of couple engaged in ‘sex act’ in back of cab appeals three-year ban (via Independent.ie)

A disgraced taxi driver who shared videos of two people engaging in “intimate foreplay” is appealing his three-year ban.

Andrew Tortolani was handed a two-month prison sentence last December, suspended for two years, after he shared the clips.

Three recordings were initially sent to 10 people in a WhatsApp group, but within days they had been seen “globally”.

Tortolani (56), who entered guilty pleas to the improper use of a telecommunication network, was fined £350 and ordered to pay a £15 offender levy.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/taxi-driver-who-shared-videos-of-couple-engaged-in-sex-act-in-back-of-cab-appeals-three-year-ban-41963402.html

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/teacher-enoch-burke-sent-to-mountjoy-prison-for-contempt-of-court-41960828.html

Enoch Burke told the High Court: “I am here today because I would not call a boy a girl.”

Enoch Burke has been committed to Mountjoy Prison for contempt of court after telling a judge he would not abide by a court order restraining him from attending for work while suspended, claiming that to do so would violate his religious beliefs.

The schoolteacher opposed an application from Wilson’s Hospital School for his imprisonment, saying: “I love my school. I am here today because I would not call a boy a girl.”

He told Mr Justice Michael Quinn: “It is not something I will do. It is in violation of my conscience.”

To read the full story:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/teacher-enoch-burke-sent-to-mountjoy-prison-for-contempt-of-court-41960828.html

Prison service to pay €55k to official not allowed to work from home during pandemic (via Irish Legal News)

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has been ordered to pay €55,000 to a senior official with a heart condition who was denied the right to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The complainant instructed solicitors in June 2020 to lodge two complaints with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in June 2020, the first alleging discrimination on the grounds of disability and failure to give reasonable accommodation and the second alleging penalisation.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/prison-service-to-pay-eur55k-to-official-not-allowed-to-work-from-home-during-pandemic