there was a school teacher jailed there yesterday enoch burke secondary school teacher from wilson's
hospital school in county west mead he was jailed yesterday by the high court
he's in mount joy prison now as i write this or as i make this video and he's going to be released
when he purges his contempt of court or when the court makes a further order and the case
is due back before the high court on wednesday that's tomorrow there are plenty of individuals
judging from the reaction on twitter who see this as about free speech the right to hold contrary
views religious beliefs a growing liberalism in irish society to departure from traditional values
etc etc you can take your pick take whatever ideological pick you like but those of us who
deal in facts know that this is not the case of course the only reason he was sent to jail to
mount joy yesterday was because he was in willful breach of a court order the court order was made
last week on the 30th of august and it was to run from the 30th of august to the 7th of september
for that period of time he was not to attend wilson's hospital school and he was not to try to
fulfill his teaching duties and so on and so forth he did attend the school mr burke he did
attend the school day after day in breach of the court order he was brought back before
the high court then yesterday and he was given the opportunity to give an undertaking
not to continue in prison mr burke went on to say in his defense or
as by way of some sort of an argument that he couldn't go against his conscience and so on
but the judge observed that yesterday in the high court wasn't the place to judge
or to discuss or to make any arguments about what his conscience told him or about the roof issue
behind all of this the judge was only concerned about and could only be concerned about the
breach of the previous court order he made the point a valid point the judge did that the place
to make arguments about mr burke's views about transgenderism and about the school's policy
and about the school's procedures and so on and so forth would be at the disciplinary hearing
and there is a disciplinary hearing scheduled for the 14th of september next he will be given
the opportunity to put his version of events his views and so on to the border management or to
whoever is conducting or holding disciplinary meeting that's how fair procedures and natural
justice works in an employment situation however when it comes to court orders
from any court especially the high court you simply cannot ignore court orders and if you do
you're going to see the majesty of the law being visited upon you and you're going to see
the likes of mr burke or anybody else for that matter being brought to or committed to prison
until they decide to purge their contempt or until the court makes some further order
this case is due back tomorrow in the high court and it's not inconceivable that
mr burke will be released even if he doesn't purge his contempt because a judge may take
the view that to leave him there any longer may create some sort of a victim situation around him
or may make him some sort of a martyr for any number of causes the judge may also take the
view that mr burke won't be released from mount joy prison until he does purge his contempt by
giving an undertaking to the high court not to breach the court order and therefore not to attend
the school wilson's hospital school unless and until he's invited perhaps as part
of the disciplinary process but you need to be absolutely clear that this man this school teacher
is in mount joy prison as i make this video not because of the views that he held nothing to do
with free speech nothing to do with religious views or right wing or left wing or fascism or
liberalism none of those things the simple reason why he's in mount choi prison is because a court
order was made last week on the 30th of august and mr burke has been in breach of that willfully in
breach according to the judge yesterday that's why he's in law enjoy prison hope you find this
video useful if you do i'd appreciate if it gave it the thumbs up down below thanks a lot
you