ER Editor: Enoch Burke is the young and very principled Irish high school teacher who famously refused to obey his new school’s policy of changing a student’s gender pronouns. He was suspended from his school and jailed for periods of time, 500 days so far, for turning up for work in defiance of the court order. Never could he get a court to address the substance of the transgender policy and the denial of his constitutional rights, which is what he was seeking. Along the way he got fired. He remains on full pay, yet is running up steep fines for showing up for work daily (as per the Irish Sun):
He is not currently in prison and is being fined €700 every time he shows up at the school and currently owes the State close to €80,000 in fines.
The latest court hearing last week the judge increased these fines to €1,400 per day with the State seeking a receiver to enable them to collect these fines by docking his pay from the school.
His case is now getting a curiously higher profile.
Irish leader Michael Martin was recently invited to Washington ahead of St. Patrick’s Day; members of the Burke family went along, too. We don’t know how the family were invited if at all, but Elon Musk is now taking up the cudgels on behalf of the teacher. We offer some items below, concluding with Elon’s pitch. If the Trump team were somehow behind this, we wouldn’t be at all surprised. Kudos, frankly. It sounds somewhat like Irish PM Michael Martin was set-up.
***
Big picture readers may be interested in the piece this morning put out by author and podcaster Mark Atwood, who moved to Ireland several years ago —
By inviting @EnochBurke’s family and @TheNotoriousMMA to Washington, more coverage on the criminal government here has been achieved in a matter of days than could ever be achieved in any other way.
As Atwood reminds us, controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor also got an invite —
Top O’ the Mornin’ to y’all.
I’m Southern Scotch-Irish.Conor McGregor, the UFC Fighter, is at the White House today!
A lot of people think he is the leader thatIrelandneeds!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Do you celebrate this day? pic.twitter.com/Z0ISfIKIZP— Dixie s America & Trump (@DixiDarlen) March 17, 2025
From Zerohedge today —
***
Burke family —
Those who Pray Together
Stay Together…The Burke Family on The way To Washington…
What an Amazing Strong Family
Much RESPECT…⚘#IStandWithEnochBurke pic.twitter.com/jFgXsCNzlA— Elle …. (@Elle98759673) March 11, 2025
Really?
Enoch Burke, a Christian teacher jailed for standing up to radical Trans policies in Ireland, is currently on his way to Washington D.C.
The Trump admin has reportedly offered him asylum on the grounds of religious persecution.
A massive f*ck you to Ireland. pic.twitter.com/NhwRCV9bA3
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) March 11, 2025
There’s uproar in Irish media at the moment with the news that the Burke family are on the way to Washington DC.
Enoch Burke spent over 500 days in prison for contempt of court after refusing to use trans pronouns.
His family hold politicians to account at every opportunity pic.twitter.com/4VLFMcZWSI
— MichaeloKeeffe (@Mick_O_Keeffe) March 11, 2025
The Burke family have been spotted in the Whitehouse this afternoon. Enoch’s brother Simeon was forcefully removed by local police.#Washington #BurkeFamily #EnochBurke pic.twitter.com/6ayICzlocx
— Shaun D. (@shauns_personal) March 11, 2025
@EnochBurke making waves in Washington. Steve Bannon, former advisor to Trump & someone who has his ear on a regular basis tracking down the Burke’s to highlight what globalist tyrants like @MichealMartinTD have done to his family.
This is about to explode.
pic.twitter.com/5X2yiDPk34— Chris McCormack (@Real_CMcCormack) March 12, 2025
Very Important Commentary, worth our time —
BREAKING: BURKE FAMILY ATTEND IRELAND FUNDS GALA DINNER IN WASHINGTON DC
We attended the Gala Dinner to bring the truth to the American people about Micheál Martin and his Government, who have presided over the imprisonment of Enoch Burke for over 500 days for refusing to affirm… pic.twitter.com/fnjEort6Wg
— Enoch Burke (@EnochBurke) March 14, 2025
********
“Wow,” Musk wrote in response to the video.
ER: This 1:39 minute video is worth listening to as an update to Burke’s story —
Wow
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 8, 2025
“We’re here at the High Court this morning again before Mr. Justice David Nolan, who’s continuing in his quest to strip Enoch Burke of his assets, of his salary because of his refusal to accept the denial of his constitutional rights,” Burke’s brother said in a video uploaded to X.
His brother further revealed that the judge recently issued a judgement “based on information which wasn’t before the court.”
“And we could only have come to the knowledge of court by a back channel, which is very serious,” he explained. “If a court is to make a finding a fact, it has to be based on evidence.”
According to the Irish Times, the state has requested that outstanding fines be garnished from Burke’s salary. Currently, Burke is racking up fines almost daily for defying a court order by attending the Wilson’s Hospital School, telling the principal that he is “reporting for work and ready for work.”
Burke’s now internationally known case began in summer 2022. A teacher of German, history, and politics at a Church of Ireland school, he refused to address a male student – reportedly in the process of “transitioning” – as a girl and also refused to use the pronoun “they.”
Defying a school principal’s order to use the transgender pronoun, Burke was then placed on paid administrative leave on August 22, 2022, while the school board held a disciplinary process. After Burke ignored this and continued to attend the school, he was then handed an interim order on August 30 to prevent him from entering the school that he also ignored.
School authorities summoned the police, and Burke was arrested for contempt of court on September 5, 2022, while sitting in an empty classroom in the school. He was sentenced to jail for an unspecified period of time until he either purged his contempt of court or until the court decreed otherwise.
“Transgenderism is against my Christian belief. It is contrary to the scriptures, contrary to the ethos of the Church of Ireland and of my school,” the teacher said in his 2022 sentencing. “I love my school, with its motto Res Non Verba, actions not words, but I am here today because I said I would not call a boy a girl.”
Days before Christmas 2022, he was released by the High Court after the judge argued that Burke was using his imprisonment for his own ends.
At the time of his 2022 release, Burke was warned he would be fined €700 a day if he refused to obey the court injunction barring him from the school.
In January 2023, the school dismissed Burke from his employment.
After Burke continued to appear at the school, he was jailed September 2023, once again with the official reason being his refusal to abide by the court order not to appear at the school.
On June 28 2024, he was released from jail at the start of the summer term holidays. His release was not a pardon or a removal of the court order, with the judge warning Burke he would return to prison if he broke the court order – namely, if he returned to the school.
On September 2, Enoch Burke was arrested again after returning to Wilson’s Hospital school reportedly every day since the start of term on August 22.
Though his arrest and imprisonment are technically due to his non-compliance with the court order to avoid Wilson’s Hospital school, the case has been highlighted as ultimately based around the growing dominance of transgender ideology in society.
Source
Featured image source, Enoch Burke:
Featured image source, Trump and Michael Martin:
Featured image source, Musk:
************
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com
••••
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
••••
Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.
••••
Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.
••••
Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Source: TLB
