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

They are probably just bottling it as they know the massive media attention that will be on that. It would have helped somewhat if they got that appeal done long ago.

Chickening out, probably as simple as that.

Just use slightly different wording: Mrs Burke, with home detention we guarantee you that Enoch will be allowed stay with you at your home and won't have to go stay in Mountjoy prison with all those convicted murderers, drug pushers, violent house breakers and people of no religion, where his health and religious faith would be at risk. What's more, you, your husband and children can provide him with all the love and care you desire, guaranteed and cross me heart. What mother could refuse such an offer?

The only way to stop him is to confine him. The only place to confine him is a prison.

Or an island off the coast with only state controlled access. Maybe reopen Spike Island?

As we cannot have him in two places at once, use the 'Joy's facilities to hold the sacking case hearings there while he's there. Unless there is something in Irish law that prevents the board hearing his sacking case from hearing the case outside its own state facilities and at another state facility, there should be no legal reason why the 'Joy, a state facility with conference room facilities, could not be used for the hearing of his sacking case.

At the moments when he is in custody there, the state is able to provide him and the High Court in the 4 courts building some 2 miles away with audio/visual contact means when it comes to the judges there conversing with him during his contempt hearings. Using the 'Joy for the sacking case hearing would mean no such A/V gear would be required, just the standard recording equipment used at the boards state premises, which should be a doddle.

If he were to lose his case against his sacking from WHS, the news could then be passed to the Courts Service offices at the 4 Courts for AO the High Court judges likely to be hearing his contempt hearings and arrangements made with the Courts Service to high-speed his next appearance with the court there to see if he may have had a change of heart about obeying the court's orders.

Fact checks:

"At every opportunity he tries to and is sometimes successful at entering the school grounds and buildings themselves"

And what is the specific breach of child safety ?

An uninvited adult is in a school premises with children. Regardless of his intentions or his history with the school, that's a child safety issue.

No concern for the child or the children

No awareness or care for the child at the centre of this controversy

Everyone in school will know the identity. Selfish and horrible to do this.

Huge if true

Im talking about the stress this child is presumably dealing with

The notoriety of being at the centre of this Burke manufactured sh1tstorm

Not to mention the effect on the school overall

Re the use of gender neutral pronouns, the student attended a meeting with one of their parents, their Year Head and another member of staff where they made the request to be referred to by a different name. The then Principal Niamh McShane also attended briefly.

During the course of the meeting the student was asked if they wanted to use gender neutral pronouns, and they agreed they did. It states that in the article linked.

So while technically it is correct that they did not make the request for gender neutral pronouns, they did agree to being referred to with them.

As it turns out, the parent's fears were unfounded. The student's identity has never been revealed, and while locals may know who they are, it has never been released in the public media - which is to the credit of the staff, student body, and other parents of WHS and the people of Multyfarnham.