Enoch Burke

A secondary school has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing a teacher who opposes addressing a student with the pronoun "they" from either ...

The school. Any attempt by Mr Burke to teach those classes may have a negative impact on the students in those classes at the start of the academic year, the school fears. It is claimed that Mr Burke interrupted the service and said that the school's principal, Ms Niamh McShane, should withdraw the earlier demand regarding the transitioning of the student, that he could not agree with transgenderism, and said it went against the school's ethos and the teaching of the Church of Ireland. However, despite being placed on administrative leave, which Mr Burke has described as being unreasonable, unjust and unlawful, the school claims that he has attended at the school. The school said that it is focusing on the needs and welfare of its students and is affirming its policy in accordance with the 2000 Equal Status Act of not discriminating against any student. Mr Burke, it is claimed objected to this, has questioned the school's position, says that a belief system is being forced on students, and that claims that the schools request amounts to a breach of constitutional rights.