Today my brother teacher went before a disciplinary appeal panel.
He was suspended from his job and jailed after refusing to accept transgenderism.
What took place today was shocking.
By law the panel is to be an “informal hearing”.
When he arrived he was confronted by a top Employment Barrister as well as a Solicitor from a major Dublin law firm.
The lawyers were acting for the school.
The presence of lawyers at such an appeal is contrary to law and to Department of Education procedures for dealing with appeals.
Enoch objected to the presence of these lawyers.
The Chair of the Disciplinary Appeals Panel, Claire Callanan said to Mr Burke: “We may be wrong and you may be right but we are going ahead nonetheless.”
When Enoch continued to object, he was removed by prison guards.
When members of his family who were present objected, they were removed by police.
Enoch Burke was taken back in a prison van to Castlerea prison.
This is an utterly appalling and unbelievable travesty of justice.
By law the panel is to be an “informal hearing”.
When he arrived he was confronted by a top Employment Barrister as well as a Solicitor from a major Dublin law firm.
The lawyers were acting for the school.
The presence of lawyers at such an appeal is contrary to law and to Department of Education procedures for dealing with appeals.
Enoch objected to the presence of these lawyers.
The Chair of the Disciplinary Appeals Panel, Claire Callanan said to Mr Burke: “We may be wrong and you may be right but we are going ahead nonetheless.”
When Enoch continued to object, he was removed by prison guards.
When members of his family who were present objected, they were removed by police.
Enoch Burke was taken back in a prison van to Castlerea prison.
This is an utterly appalling and unbelievable travesty of justice.BREAKING: Shocking scenes as Enoch Burke denied justice and forced out of Appeal Hearing by prison officers
Enoch Burke’s mother Martina Burke and brother Dr Isaac Burke were also removed by police.
At the start of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel hearing, which is by law an “informal” hearing, Enoch Burke objected to the presence of a top Employment Barrister as well as a Solicitor from a major Dublin law firm.
Despite Enoch Burke’s repeated objections, the Chair of the Disciplinary Appeals Panel, Claire Callanan said to Mr Burke: “We may be wrong and you may be right but we are going ahead nonetheless.”
Barrister Barra Faughnan BL and Solicitor Fiona Sheil of Mason Hayes & Curran Solicitors were acting for Wilson’s Hospital School at the hearing in Athlone today.
The presence of lawyers at such an appeal is contrary to settled law and Department of Education procedures for dealing with appeals.
Enoch Burke has now spent over 650 days behind bars after refusing to use they/them pronouns for a student.
These are the third Disciplinary Appeal Panel proceedings in relation to Enoch Burke that have ended in shambles.
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