This case had raised "troubling questions about the adherence to the rule of law" and that court orders must be obeyed and dispruption by lay litigants or anyone else is to be condemned, he said.

The Burke family, from Mayo, have been known to confront multiple politicians in public places while videoing them.

Taoiseach Simon Harris was forced to cut short a canvassing event in Castlebar, Co Mayo, due to a vocal protest involving members of the Burke family

The father of jailed teacher Enoch Burke has been found guilty of assault after a trial heard he grabbed and "flung" a female garda to the ground

The court said it had been prepared to allow the Burkes to attend the hearing if they were prepared to give undertakings not to disrupt next week's hearing of Enoch Burke's case.