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

Did you shout and roar at your boss at a public event to the extent that others had to hold you back?

Don't think so.

It's curious how people keep trying and failing to make excuses for his foul behaviour.

It doesn't really matter, as he's rendered himself unemployable in any school in the country through his own actions.

It would never have come to what happened at the event if he had been given a fair hearing .

The hierarchy at the school decreed that their way of dealing with the original issue was going to be bulldozed through and that was that. That approach happens repeatedly in many walks of life.

His view as an individual teacher was never going to be listened to .

it’s after costing over 100k to keep this knob fed and watered in prison for 500 days alone.
Nice to know taxpayers money is being spent on these wasters.

There's never been any indication that he ever attempted to go any other route with the school. He could equally have gone to his union if he didn't feel like he was getting a fair hearing. So nope, he behaved unacceptably and in most professions he would be facing disciplinary action.

If he felt he wasn't being heard, why didn't he contact his union? Or have a chat with Ami and Simeon about how he could go a legal route if he felt his rights as a Christian teacher were being infringed. Maybe it's acceptable in your profession to aggressively confront your boss in public but I can see why it isn't in Enoch Burke's case. You were in school once - put yourself in the head of a teenager. You'd love to see a teacher going rogue and undermining the head teacher. That's exactly why it was a no-no.

From The Irish Times

…Mr Burke stood up as a bishop was about to deliver the concluding prayer at the religious service, before a congregation including staff, students, community leader and clergy, and spoke for about 2½ minutes. She (the school principal) considered his challenge to her direction in such a public manner was “disrespectful” and saw sixth year students walk out of the chapel as he was speaking. She was “absolutely horrified” for the transitioning student, by Mr Burke’s remarks.

and

Niamh McShane said she also felt “agitated” and “hunted” when Mr Burke approached her at the end of a dinner following the service on June 21st last. He again asked her to withdraw her “demand” and stood so close to her that, although he was not spitting at her, she “could feel his spittle”.

Anybody who has seen the Burkes in action will have a good idea of how this encounter looked and sounded.

I think you'll find that even if you like shouting at your boss, you've never overstepped the mark in the way Enoch Burke did.

Also from the same testimony: Can you explain why Enoch Burke didn't challenge the same scenario when it happened in November 2021 to another student?

A similar request she made to teachers in November 2021 to address another transitioning student by their preferred name and using they had gone unchallenged, the court heard.

The chances of any of the Burke family being members of any trade union are slim to none.

He wouldn’t address a pupil by their chosen pronoun which is what his employer wanted him to do . He refused. That was the originating issue . Everything else including the event and the attempt by the school to dismiss him is consequential to that. Those are the facts .
At the very least , people should be honest with themselves wherever their views of the Burke’s.

He wouldn’t address a pupil by their chosen pronoun which is what his employer wanted him to do . He refused.

By his own actions; he denied himself the opportunity for an amicable compromise/resolution.

Everything else including the event and the attempt by the school to dismiss him is consequential to that. Those are the facts.

And there's my point made again. You don't still understand the issue of his dismissal.

At the very least , people should be honest with themselves wherever their views of the Burke’s.

If you cannot be honest about the facts, who are you to tell others to be honest.

So if his appeal against his attempted dismissal is successful ( unlikely but possible ) you will advocate that the school reinstate him ? His views on transgenderism wouldn’t be an issue ?

Well put. Way back I too thought that there was possibly a case. Or at least pertinent questions. But as soon as he went into full tantrum mode, any questions went out of the pram along with all the toys.

Way back in the day, one of my teachers said to someone in the class (probably me!) : "don't weaken my case by agreeing with me". Burke is a person any gender critical person should avoid like the plague. It'd be like having Úna Bean Mhic Mhathúna (remember that nut job?) on your side. Jesus that makes me shudder.

Edit: I take that last bit back. Comparing anyone to that woman is going too far.

This faffing around with them is a nonsense. The Department of Justice and Department of Education need to have a discussion and put a plan of action in place. They are making a mockery of the justice system. Why are the fines not being collected ? Their brainwashed children, now adults are pretty much Unemployable because of their combined shannanigans. Hit them in the pockets and see how their appetite for fcukwittery pans out. I have a friend who is clinging on to life with a serious illness and these fckwits are just wasting their lives. Those parents are a disgrace. Devout Christians my bol..Lix

That poster is perfectly aware of the facts and knows exactly what he is doing.

No. The school will have to go back to the High Court to ask for the injunction to be enforced. Again.