Ireland is stuck in a legal drama over an ex-teacher. #EnochBurke and his large family of religious fundamentalist headbangers are in a four-year battle with #WilsonsHospital school. The dispute began with the school's request that staff respect a pupil's request that when a pronoun is used, they be referred to by the prounoun "they".

#SingularThey is at least 651 years old, which may be a bit modern for the #BurkeFamily.

The #OED tells the story at https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/

Jailed #transphobic teacher #EnochBurke has been told of resignations from a disciplinary appeal panel convened to hear his appeal against his 2003 dismissal from #WilsonsHospital School. As a result, the panel can no longer deal with Burke’s appeal, the letter stated.

https://archive.is/uxtCo / https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/02/04/enoch-burke-informed-of-resignations-from-panel-which-heard-appeal-over-his-dismissal/
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So yet another new panel will have to be convened. And 3 years after Burke's dismissal, the saga is unresolved 😡

#trans #BurkeFamily #iepol

SHORT THREAD: On Monday, extremist #transphobe #EnochBurke was returned to prison for continued #ContemptOfCourt, by #trespass at #WilsonsHospital school.

At the #HighCourt #IEHC, #MrJusticeCregan released his written judgment on Tuesday. #CreganJ was again blunt about Burke's "performative nonsense", "avalanche of lies", and legal self-harm.

CreganJ repeated that "Burke has the keys to his own prison"; and can be released if he promises not to trespass.

Full text: https://tinyurl.com/2026-IEHC-31

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#Transphobic ex-teacher #EnochBurke has been arrested this morning, after trespassing for a third successive day at #WilsonsHospital school in County #Westmeath.

Burke will be taken to the #HighCourt in Dublin for a hearing before #MrJusticeCregan on whether he should be returned to prison.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0119/1553865-enoch-burke/

Its Friday. Two days since #EnochBurke was released from prison, and Burke's second day back trespassing at #WilsonsHospital school, in breach of the court order.

Burke is due in the #HighCourt #IEHC at 2pm for #MrJusticeCregan to hear an application by the school to return him to prison.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0116/1553419-enoch-burke/

I assume that Burke will not attend, and that the Gardai will then take the best part of a week to catch him. #sigh

#EnochBurke is due back in the #HighCourt #IEHC at 2pm on Friday 16th, for a hearing on the application by #WilsonsHospital that Burke should be returned to prison. The judge will be #JusticeBrianCregan, who jailed Burke in November, but released him on Wednesday.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0115/1553218-enoch-burke/ / https://archive.is/lfUXS

#BurkeFamily #RTEnews #JusticeCregan

#EnochBurke is back #trespassing at #WilsonsHospital, defying an injunction, as he told the #HighCourt #IEHC he would do.

#Garda did not arrest Burke because they did not have a warrant. The school now has to send its barrister to court. The warrant will be issued, then Gardai will spend days hunting Burke.

The #BurkeFamily is being allowed to mock the High Court. The court needs power to issue pre-emptive warrants, to allow immediate arrest.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0115/1553218-enoch-burke/ / https://archive.is/lfUXS

Land Mines Placed Outside #WilsonsHospital School Amid #EnochBurke Release. Crocodiles too.

#Satire #WaterfordWhispersNews #WWN #trans #iepol #BurkeFamily

Another day, another #BurkeFamily show in the #HighCourt #IEHC.

It's another appeal against an appeal, this time the procedure of the Disciplinary Appeals Panel (#DAP) review of Burke's dismissal from #WilsonsHospital school.

As usual the Burkes shouted down the judge, this time Ms Justice Emily Farrell. As usual, #JusticeFarrell didn't eject Burkes from the court, didn't halt proceedings, didn't jail them for contempt.😡

Courts are letting the Burkes take the piss. 😡

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2026/0108/1552109-enoch-burke/

Another day, another time wasting round of legal antics at the #IEHC #HighCourt in #Dublinby the religious fundamentalist #BurkeFamily of disruptive attention-seeking bigoted bullies, on behalf of their court-defying brother #EnochBurke.

#iepol #WilsonsHospital #trans

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/01/05/judge-directs-gardai-to-attend-enoch-burke-hearing/