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

I really must emphasise that Mr Burke wanted all this to happen. It doesn't matter what the school did or didn't do. As soon as someone mentioned a trans student, his goal would have always been to make as big of a show as possible.

He purposely chose not to follow correct procedures in the first place by grabbing that mic, he continued to choose not to follow correct procedure when his boss requested him to by harassing her until he had to be physically stopped, he chose to turn up at that school knowing he wasn't supposed to be there, he chose to continue turning up at that school knowing he legally wasn't supposed to be there, he chose to go back to jail when he had to option to leave, and he chooses to continue to reside in prison.

Let me repeat that last bit again; he chooses to continue to reside in prison.

Burke is exactly where he wants to be. He orchestrated this. Whether he was motivated by his bonkers religious views, or by wanting more than his 15 minutes of fame, or both... it is beyond any reasonable doubt that the outcome would have been similar, regardless.

The only way Burke would have avoided jail time is if the school made that student's life hell. Even then, I'm under no illusions that he wouldn't have continued to bully the child or go off on an anti-trans campaign disgusting enough to reach the news anyway, for which he has a track record.

You seem to be trying to absolve Burke of any blame for his predicament, but ignore that that family are like the Kardashians of the EC world: addicted to fame and scandal and will do anything within the confines (and under the guise) of their religion in order to achieve it.

Really though this is a ridiculous claim that putting security at a school gate wouldnt attract media attention.

At what stage is their disciplinary action against him? It is surely incumbent on them to move that along as this impasse is likely to be unchanged the other side of Christmas and they are the only ones with the power to free him by dropping the request for a court order.

Which he won't because of what he believes and he's still their employee, something they need to address.

The school can ask the judge to drop the order and will probably end up having to do so. They are the ones who need to resolve this because he is resolved to listen to his faith, to the point of martyrdom. I don't condone his behaviour in any way but there are two parties to this and they may have to look at how they dealt with it, when it's all over.

No, that jailing was for refusing to abide by an order not to go near the school. It's a SNAFU and they will still need to review how they did things. As for the man himself, his taught subjects would not raise any flags.

I gave you an answer, clearly not one to your liking by the looks of this. Posters are really not compelled to give any answers but I will humour you with an answer to this second one. It is always good practice to review the steps taken where disciplinary issues needed to be addressed to make sure it's all been above board and appropriate.

I would agree if his suspension getting the injunction and then been sent to jail was in relation to trans right and his beliefs. Also not a criminal matter (yet) its a civil case

I was talking about an interview for a teaching job. His family have nothing to do with that and there are no suggestions that he's been pulled up before by the school and he clearly impressed them enough to get the job.

So what in your expert opinion should they have done