Earlier this week, the court granted an injunction to the board of management of Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath against the teacher, Enoch Burke.
Lawyers for the school told the court this morning that he was on the premises sitting in an empty classroom. The school claimed that Mr Burke then interrupted a service and dinner held in June to mark its 260th anniversary.The court was told that Mr Burke told the principal, Niamh McShane, that she should withdraw the earlier demand regarding the transitioning of the student, that he could not agree with transgenderism and that it went against the school's ethos and the teaching of the Church of Ireland.
This morning, barrister Rosemary Mallon said Mr Burke was currently on the school premises sitting in an empty classroom and was due to remain there according to his normal timetable until 2.45pm.When challenged, she said his response was always something along the lines of"I'm here to work".
damn we turned into bots fast
L country
why dont his colleagues stand with him, 1 out all out
I thought he was just “refusing to use pronouns” What happened to the sobstory?
This is a member of the Burke family from Mayo, I’m guessing…🤦🏼♀️
Nazis wouldn’t have a look in what a shithole of a country
We all have to abide by rules in our place of work and show some level of respect, no sympathy for him. He does come from a family with a history of troublemakers
So much for civil liberties
Defundrte
I wonder what would happen if this were the other way around and the student got suspended and caused a ruckus for a teacher refusing to use a pronoun 🤔 interesting 🤔
This Family is waiting in the shadows for controversial cases. His sister was escorted from her job as a solicitor. His mother was removed from a court for interrupting and shouting at a judge. How did they end up employing him in the first place. Shameful family.
Didn't comply with the woke mob so they called in the heavys
That whole family are so strange...always hassle ...that being said, calling someone They ...so strange!!!
Fuck around, found out Def. Enoch Burke
‘It’ seems more appropriate than a ridiculous’they’ when referring to a person of confused sexuality.
Burke is right to reject this ‘they’ codology when referring to an individual. Wokeisms finest hour. . Mr Burke however has lost the run of himself in the manners department and needs to accept that he has made his point and has a lot of support ( internationally).
If any proof were needed the law is an Ass
Fair play to him
Love the selection of picture - his look of obnoxious mock care is matched exactly by the concern-trolling losers in the replies
Looks like the high court is into making political prisoners out of school teachers. Have I just woke in a Chinese culture revolution or what FN!
The new fascists have ruined living
Welcome to the 'new Ireland' where you are arrested If any resistance to the new woke bolloxology going on in schools.. this is absolutely disgusting and disgraceful that a teacher is treated like this
The head of his sister church, the church of England refers to herself as 'we' or 'one' 😂
Fair play to him
Unfortunate when somebody acts like a complete and utter count and also looks like one too.
This is just not right Its crazy. The teacher is absolutely correct.
Totally agree....this man has the right to his beliefs...which BTW are very normal. Imposing these far left narratives upon society is wrong and IMO will undermine our it. I feel sorry for this Guy
Just as well there is no such thing as a social credit system in Ireland as this guy and his family would be bottom of the league.
Good!
That whole family should be exiled.
yeah terfs are unhinged bigots.
Fair play to him for not indulging this utter nonsense.
Because he didn't want to take part in the fantasy of others The world is gone mad!
Serial litigants:
His job is to teach and nothing else. If he has a problem with and students ,go to the principal. His beliefs have nothing to do with teaching. It's a job. Like any other job.
After the dinner, the school claims Mr Burke again approached the principal and again asked her to withdraw the request. It says she walked away from him after telling him she would speak to him at an appropriate time, but he continued to follow her and questioned her loudly.
What happened freedom of speech
How about the high court has a look at the dodgy politicians, bankers,tax dodgers and the criminal pharma industry and RTE, that’s right you are all one and the same!! Judgement for enemies of the state is soon!
Chuck him in the bin where he belongs.
'Father forgive them. For they know not what they do'. Lamest. Wet dream. Ever.
they are not amused
The woke 🤦♂️
Thank you for putting down a quality headline instead of the trash that Independent_ie put out.
How is this thing allowed to teach children?
Didn’t I see him in deliverance? He was a bit younger then …hasn’t changed much though
When he gets out of jail he will be able to look up his ass and see the sky!
The school principal is an absolute hero. Makes me proud.
Finally a proper account of it.
People need to understand this is about breaking an injunction. Not his beliefs.
Appalling behaviour on the school's behalf. He has rights to his beliefs just as much as the student has.
The Iona Institute must be trying to headhunt him so hard right now.
For such cases as this, Dickens said it best;
culladgh Exactly what he and Burke et al wanted.
I can already feel the transphobes doing mental gymnastics to paint him as some poor innocent free speech warrior.
wise move, this god botherer should be nowhere near a school, an absolute danger to children and teachers, they should keep their hatred at home, also someone should check in on them and see what is going on there.
The actual state of people in these comments defending this dose. He verbally abused and harassed his boss, students and their families. Get out of here with your ridiculous attempts to justify him. His crowd feed off court cases like those sucker fish on an aquarium.
Great news. The book should be thrown at this family every time they pull a stunt.
2 issues here: 1)Child Safety- SERIOUS Safety issues have been raised with GenderChanges in children &with using the centre in the U.K. 2)He shouldn’t breach a court order but Child Safey COMES FIRST.
Absolute criminal behaviour by the courts
We are doomed
Feel for the guy. Not wanting to pander to woke agenda by using stupid nonsensical pronouns and this is what happens. Probably should have stayed away from the school though
This is nuts. The school and the teacher need mediation not proson.
Ah well he will have to accept his punishment, it's gods will after all
Can't he use the 'oversight' excuse the TDs use
Lock him up
There's an awful lot of 'very divorced' energy in these replies.
That's a better tweet than your last attempt covering this story
While we must acknowledge persons of differing sexualities should we set aside our own principles in order to satisfy the few or should we say nothing and protest in silence?
Wow, the Maoist mob have the backing of the woke legal and government. Let’s fight to protect our kids.
Arrogance of this guy...
People protest and break injunctions all the time. They get arrested. Fair enough. No need to gloat or vilify the man because he has transgressive radical countercultural beliefs that question social orthodoxy (to quote every centrist Liberal bullshit artist ever).
A Leaked Video Show A Teacher Defending Pedophiles And Instructing Students Not To “Judge People Because They Want To Have Sex With A 5-Year-Old' 🤮🤮
Teachers should teach fact, and keep opinion to themselves
To the fashy dads in the replies his arrest is not for refusing to use preferred pronouns it's for breaching a court order baring him from entering the school while he's suspended
So one belief is more important than the other? Free speech has gone out the window, I say good on him for following through in his belief but in fairness he did break the law it’s just a pity it’s not applied equally to everyone.
Why do i get the feeling the entire school should be investigated?
While I don’t care about the pronoun brigade cause most of them are head melts. The bigger problem is the cult evangelical Christians that are the Burke family. He should not be teaching anyone & now lurking around the school.
fair play to him stay strong man hopefully more will follow we need to take kids out state propaganda schools there destroying kids minds your struggling with costs solutions take your kids out of school problem solved
Eunuch Berk should tread carefully or he'll sully his family's name.
Someone who won’t speak the woke agenda is arrested but politicians who continually abuse their position and power and nothing done
Are we all going to be paying for they’re social welfare, for however long they choose to live here
I would expect this teacher to put the welfare of his students first. If he cannot then he is at fault and should resign
YouCrumBum
All because of some snowflake over a pronoun!
This is a fucking joke
Good
This has developed into nothing more than a witch-hunt. Shame on the authorities.
How can you teach pupils english if you call one person they instead of he or she ?
Saw a story about an author in the US using 'eir' and 'im' pronouns bcause eir's 😁 beliefs were that 'th' reinforced the patriarchy! What utter bullshit.
There was a similar case in the US.
School should have done some research before employing someone from the Burke circus.
Propaganda article by RTE while the real corruption is being exposed... Injection injuries Ponzi Bank scheme. Corrupt health service. Money laundering politicians Etc
Being normal is a crime, good to know
ashleyj94 😂😂😂
Good. Someone intentionally lacking empathy with his students to this extent should not be allowed in the classroom.
Good.
EnochBurke Stay strong Enoch. We are all behind you and support you 100%. This is absolute and utter nonsense being perpetrated by the authorities. All trying to discredit, besmirch and taint your good character. The school have a top class academic in you. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏📿📿📿
😂 The Burke circus rolls on. The clown troupe are really carrying the show. They are truly the gift that keeps on giving.
Good
He forgets there is a child caught in the middle of his amateur dramatics.
Arrested for believing in science. Move over Russia.
Ireland's Justice/Courts system in a nutshell. Unvetted Illegal Immigrants pouring into the country, committing heinous acts of sexual assaults/violence. Courts take no action. High Court to Enoch Burke 'Arrest him & bring him before the courts, for simply wanting to teach'
Maybe he will learn his lesson now
He standing up to woke clowns who are destroying this country!
This is a new one - court-enforced absenteeism, no less!
He shouldn't have been suspended in the first place, all because of a word. Utterly ridiculous, this nonsense needs to nipped in the bud, maybe he can take legal action against the school
All because of some individuals request who wishes to be addressed as a deceptagon… or was it an autobot 🤔
Mustn’t want money… others he’d behave himself. Now he is unemployable
'He said a belief system was being forced on students...' Imagine that happening in this day and age?
Your in bother now colmpduffy
How many people are going to jump on this headline without actually reading the events in the article.
School would have saved themselves a heap of trouble if they had done a quick google on this guy and his family. Homophobia & crazy bananas legal shenanigans seem to be recurring themes.
Not that evangelical family from Mayo?
He & She have existed since the dawn of time and a teacher get suspended and arrested for standing up to some utterly redicilous, nonsense ideology ! Seriously
deanfbuckley As predicted...
God love him, his only crime was that he wanted to teach
Ireland is f'ed WeStandWithEnoch
round up his mad mother and sister get a group rate for them
Honestly this is ridiculous
HMcEntee what has seriously gone wrong with the courts in Ireland. A tug gets off for pushing a lady on railway tracks and yet a teacher is being arrested & jailed for breaching a court order. It is a joke!
He's creeping around the school even after a high court injunction against him. I can't imagine how people are able to bring themselves to defend that. Gross
Oh that's too bad 😂🥳
Complaining about a belief system being forced on students 😅
They are arresting people for misgendering, they are ensuring you can never buy a house, they are facilitating an energy crisis, they are brining I'm hate speech laws and they are destroying your culture. The new normal ladies and gentlemen
My god this is absolutely disgusting and not only does he have a case against the school now against the state honestly if this doesn't stop soon this country is fucked
If you have to address a child by the pronouns they made up, how should you address their imaginary friends?
Absolute bullshit. Is it the child decision or was it the parents meddling?