Westmeath school gets temporary injunction banning a suspended teacher from it's premises

Yes, when being introduced. "Hi, this is my friend Princess - she's an artist from Dublin."

(That said it was the wrong pronoun, but Princess has more important things to worry about!)

We dont need to do that. Trans people were legally recognised in 2015.

Splitting hairs. The point is, pronouns were used in the presence of the person they were referring to, and therefore would be heard by said person.

If that wasn't your point, then my apologies - but, what was?

I once knew a boy who's middle name was Tracey. Always thought that a bit odd until I found out it was his mother's maiden name.

Fair enough. I thought your "experiment" had more practical undertakings, hence the confusion. AS it is, it's not really relevant to the situation so I'll leave this here if you don't mind.

So let me get this right - trans people want to be accepted as fully male or female after transitioning?

Does not make sense because you can't fully biologically ignore your birth sex. There will still be something inherently male about a trans woman.

People should not be forced into pretending a factual truth is something else.

Sure call trans adults post op by whatever name they want but calling a teenager by a female name while still male is bollix

I thought I read the principal had retired, if it's not the case, I stand corrected.

But doesn't this specific workplace have a very strong religious ethos?

Now, correct me if I'm wrong but a school with such a strong emphasis on the bible (I guess you've heard of Sodom and Gomorrah, right?) might be on shaky ground if they insist on their staff going along with such unbiblical practices as transgenderism. At the very least - and looking at this from a neutral position - there's a bit of a conundrum there, wouldn't you say?

And they will probably succeed because the Dept Ed generally gives in quickly to the Anglican church in Ireland.

For one thing they're our social "betters" and for another they hold a lot of purse strings - did you check out the cost of having a child board in this school? Of course private Catholic schools are in much the same boat.

Last time I was at the dentist, the conversation turned to teenage children, and it transpired that all four of the dentists' children were boarders, one in a school with €20,000+ fees. Shades of P Flynn on the Late late, I thought.

You can have a religious ethos without having religious prejudices.

The rest of your post needs a bit of clarfication, if you don't mind me asking: are you saying that you believe that the school should literally interpret the bible when forming it's ethos? And if so, what part of the bible should guide their decision specific to this case? I'm only vaguely familiar with Sodom and Gomorroh - forgive me - but I don't remember any themes relating to pronouns or chosen identites, so I'm guessing that's not it.