Westmeath school gets temporary injunction banning a suspended teacher from it's premises

He could be a good teacher, good enough to be employed by them anyway. There are no suggestions of any major issues with him before this emerged. He teaches German, history and politics, as well as debating. He also says he loves the school and his students.

"The true sequence of events"

what do you think has been reported incorrectly so far?

Yes, kinda thought that Quinner, thanks for putting it so clearly.

I do feel sorry for the Burke siblings. They are well educated but when they get in difficulty all they seem to have in their corner is mammy and daddy.

I think they are so convinced of their religious righteousness they just do not care if they get shunned by the vast majority of other people

Apparently he could be moved in with the general population in the Joy, that might put his religious convictions to an "interesting" test.

What we're the burkes protesting about there...

That the death should have been ruled misadventure?

What side were they taking and what was their involvement?

I presumed they were on the side of the family but then report said mrs burke shouted at father of the teenager????

Agreed. Forgive me but I have to feel sorry for him in a way. Born into that family and home schooled etc. Did he ever have friends? Girlfriends? A life? I look at it as kind of ending up with a disability in a way. Just my opinion. His brain was just indoctrinated and inundated with these beliefs growing up to the point where the priority is given to these beliefs over all else and there is an inability to behave or think differently. I also think he will have no issue doing time. He doesn't look like he has ever set foot in a gym but I'd imagine he's probably got the mental strength and willpower of a multiple time Olympic Gold Medalist. He's probably already mentally prepared for a life sentence. It will be interesting to see how this develops because I don't think this lad is the type to back down.. from anything.

That’s ok, however ,maybe around the ninth or tenth year a bit of cop on might occur.

When the strong flashbulbs of publicity start losing power and nobody other than the cone hats give a fück, reality might descend like welcoming cloud.

After 20 years it becomes routine, I’m told…………carry on.

This country was heavily influenced by religious dogma and zealots for decades and we got on with it. What makes the Burkes so special now? Do people feel threatened by people of conviction? Would they be more acceptable if they were Catholic zealots? Is part of the unspoken disdain people seem to have that his name is Enoch and they are some brand of Protestant/ Evangelical faith?

It'd also be interesting to hear more of the views of parents who send their children to Wilsons Hospital school. I think it's a fee paying school for most and it's possible that many parents might be a touch more conservative on the whole and quite possibly have a grudging respect for the stance this teacher has taken. Since the parents pay the piper, I'm sure the school burser or whoever is also watching carefully in case it impacts on their enrolments etc.

If he refuses to cooperate will he be in Mountjoy indefinitely?

Strange hill he's choosing to die on.