Enoch Burke turns up to school again despite sacking - read OP before posting

I’d say he would too - I reckon he’s a fair whiz when it comes to knowledge of the law

Knowledge of the law is an essential for a barrrister, but so too is advocacy. Successful advocacy requires empathy and the ability to convince others of your point of view. Nothing we have seen from any of the Burkes, including Simeon, suggests that they have any great strength in the area. Quite the opposite in fact. He made an ass of himself in the SU elections in Galway, and his public appearances since don’t suggest that he has copped on. If he follows in the family mold of aggressive confrontation every time he comes before a judge I can see why he would have extreme difficulty getting a position devilling. Who would want to be dealing with them.

It’s interesting that rather than a period of self reflection and introspection to see where the issue may lie he is on the attack, essentially accusing the Law Library of a conspiracy against him. As I said previously, Enoch, Jemima and Ammi are all pretty much unemployable at this stage, and this lad may well be on his way. A terrible waste of talent, but their profound inability to respect others and behave like adults has probably damaged them beyond repair. The Ma and Da have a lot to answer for.

I'm delighted that poor Simeon can't find a mentor.

Maybe now he will accept there's consequences to your actions.

If he wants to stand by his outdated beliefs and act the maggot in the courts, rub it up him I say.

I went to a certain christian Bros. school (on the Long Mile road) in the 1990s. Was in 1st year (iirc) when the 3 referendums in relation to abortion were held in 1992.

One of our lay teachers at the time told the class he was voting for all 3 amendments to the constitution as the ban on abortion would be ineffective without the ban on travel or providing information in place either.

Also told us at one point that rape never results in pregnancy as 'the body shuts down due to the trauma' - FFS!

No doubt he is angling for a "I'm being discriminated against ".

Can anyone be forced to mentor him? Is he entitled to receive a mentor by law? Or will he just have to accept that he's toxic.

Good questions.

Why should anyone be forced to mentor him? You'd be sure that person would challenge it. Maybe Simeon will finally learn that actions have consequences. 🙄

Dammit! I was supposed to go yesterday!

Watched the ploughing championships video, because of my own grim fascination with them.

That particular tone of shrillness that Mammy Burke uses when haranguing someone or fulminating straight to the camera just instantly hits me directly in the brain each time. An awful screech that sends a shiver up my spine, like hearing cutlery being rubbed together or a child crying on a plane.

Thought she was genuinely spiteful and nasty towards the guy who was volunteering and had the misfortune of engaging with them - "You know nothing about anything."

I thought that was interesting. Typically they lambast people by telling them they should be ashamed, or that they aren't living up the abstracted ideals of the behaviour or ethics of their position - be that a judge, a principal, a guard ,or a… eh, postman…

That gives them a bit of cover in their argument. Even if they're deluded, they can still argue that there's a moral position in what they are saying. To just blatantly call someone stupid to their face, well, that's different. It's a bit more raw.

Ah, they're an awful crowd. Even the insidious way they always make a deliberate point of mentioning the other person's name on camera whenever they are "debating" something with some poor misfortunate.

But, gotta admit, that I find them incredibly entertaining.

What is the story with the comments under the vids on YouTube? Wall to wall support, nothing but praise. I cycled through them for a few seconds and nothing even remotely sane to be found there, you know, something reasonable, along the lines of - "Amni, let me rescue you from this madness(Your hair looks great)" or "You guys are the biggest bunch of tossers ever."

I know YouTube comments are always going to attract pure unfiltered headers, but it can't be legit: it's not just blanket support, it's King-size Duvet support.

I presume it's bots? Would be interested to know if anyone has more insight.

If I was a betting man, I'd wager money that at least 1 Burke child is gay.

Since all barristers are sole traders/independent contractors the Bar Council can force any of their members to take him on. He can cry discrimination but he can’t force himself into the profession on that basis.
No more than Enoch’s shenanigans, this thing will roll on and on for years. It’ll probably end up in Europe….

Where can we watch the videos?

Here you are.

Something like 10% of the world identfiies as gay or bi (or something else) and they have ten kids, so…