Isaac Burke

[Isaac Burke @isaaczburke]

Judge Brian Cregan has threatened to ban Martina Burke, Ammi Burke and me from all future court hearings involving Enoch Burke, our son and brother. We wrote to the High Court today objecting to this unjust and unlawful proposal.

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[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Enoch Burke speaks after release from prison today

Teacher Enoch Burke was released from prison this morning.

Judge Brian Cregan said he was releasing Enoch Burke from prison because the Disciplinary Appeal Panel (DAP) process, set up to hear Enoch Burke’s appeal of his purported dismissal, is over.

Judge Cregan is fully aware of the gross injustice of the DAP process in Enoch Burke’s case. Enoch Burke was deceived into sitting in front of Claire Callanan as Chair of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel. Claire Callanan is married to Lyndon McCann SC, the chief legal adviser to the Church of Ireland, and holds high office herself in the Church of Ireland. Wilson’s Hospital School is a Church of Ireland school. In no way was Claire Callanan an ‘independent’ Chair.

It is shocking that Judge Cregan knows this, and yet accepts the findings of this biased panel.

Judge Cregan also said he was releasing Enoch Burke as it is now the school holidays and therefore Enoch is not a danger to the children at the school. Enoch Burke received nothing but kindness and goodwill from the children of Wilson’s Hospital School. We believe Judge Cregan is fully aware of this but nonetheless refuses to acknowledge it.

We have seen the recent scenes of depravity at the Dublin Pride Parade with men dressed as dogs and barking, satanists parading and other perverted displays. This is the filth which children are being taught in schools across the country, yet a High Court judge believes Enoch Burke is the danger. This is a disgrace.

[Josiah Burke @realJosiahBurke]

Teacher @EnochBurke has spent over 725 days in prison after not affirming transgenderism.

Meanwhile this is what the Irish Government celebrated at the Dublin LGBTQ+ pride parade. Men dressed as dogs and barking. Satanists in black. Perverted displays.

This is what Taoiseach Micheal Martin is ordering the country to accept. Thank God for a teacher who absolutely refused.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Irish Government celebrates LGBTQ+ in Dublin as Enoch Burke lies in a prison cell

Irish politicians including Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris, Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald participated at the Pride Parade on Saturday.

Deep depravity was on full display: men dressed as dogs and barking, satanists clothed in black, and other lewd and perverted behaviour.

When it comes to LGBTQ+ perversion, Micheal Martin has said that "acceptance is key.”

Enoch Burke has now spent 725 days in prison.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: RTÉ spread disinformation on the death of Ali Sohrabi in Castlerea Prison

Ali Sohrabi, a prisoner on remand, died in Castlerea Prison on Thursday 25 June.

Media including RTÉ, the Irish Examiner, the Irish Independent and Midwest Radio have claimed that Sohrabi was “found dead in his cell.”

These reports are untrue. Sohrabi did not die in his cell. He was not found in his cell.

At 7:30pm on Thursday 25 June Martina Burke called Pat McGrath, RTÉ Western Correspondent, to raise this issue. McGrath answered the phone, then immediately hung up when he heard the purpose of the call.

It is unacceptable that these media outlets can make claims which they know are untrue. It is wrong that the public cannot believe what they read or hear on the national media.

We have had to write on numerous occasions to papers such as the Irish Examiner regarding the disinformation they publish on the case of Enoch Burke.

It is also serious to hear the Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O’Donovan warn of the dangers of disinformation, yet claim that the only reliable sources of news are outlets such as RTÉ.

We would encourage the public to contact RTÉ and enquire why they are spreading this disinformation and giving a false message to the public.

We would also encourage the public to contact Minister Patrick O’Donovan and ask him what steps he will be taking to address the disinformation being spread by the media.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: “I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY” - MEP MARIA WALSH QUESTIONED ON ENOCH BURKE IN CASTLEBAR

MEP Maria Walsh refused today to engage or answer any questions regarding the ongoing unjust imprisonment of teacher Enoch Burke.

Teacher Enoch Burke has now spent over 700 days in prison after he refused to use they / them pronouns for a male student. He is now facing the threat of losing his teacher’s license from the Teaching Council.

It is shameful that an elected MEP on over €120,000 a year plus expenses can show such contempt for her constituents.

Last week Enoch Burke was forced to sit before a Teaching Council fitness to practice inquiry. His crime is refusing to accept that you can be suspended for not endorsing transgender ideology.

At the same time an English court was sentencing two men in a homosexual relationship for the horrific abuse and murder of a 13-month-old baby. The two men had been allowed to adopt this child several months prior to his murder.

Baby Preston Davey died in July 2023 at the hands of Jamie Varley, 37, who subjected the child to horrific physical, sexual and emotional abuse during the final months of his short life.

The judge said Preston had faced ‘unremitting abuse and neglect’ before being killed by Varley during a sexual attack. He had endured a campaign of physical, psychological and sexual assaults, eventually leading to his death.

Varley, a secondary school teacher and child safeguarding lead, was sentenced to life in prison. John McGowan-Fazakerley, was found guilty of sexual assault, child cruelty and allowing the death of a child and sentenced to 25 years.

Baby Preston was admitted to hospital with injuries three times in the four months before his death. However no action was taken by those responsible to remove him from these men.

God forbid that we would be silent in the face of such depravity. The question that is now being asked is how could this awful abuse have been allowed to go unchecked until too late.

Why did hospital staff, neighbours and social workers not raise the alarm? Were they in fear of being branded “homophobic” and not “inclusive”? Were they in fear of losing their jobs? Too late we see the horrific consequences of silence.

Maria Walsh has nothing to say about Enoch Burke who has spent over 700 days in jail for his Christian beliefs. In Maria’s view, there is no place for Christian belief in our society, belief based on the Holy Scriptures.

We must stand up for Christian belief even if church leaders, Protestant or Catholic, do not. It is time to return to what the Scriptures teach and say no to anti-Christian LGBT ideology.

[Josiah Burke @realJosiahBurke]

Yesterday my brother teacher @EnochBurke was taken from prison to a disciplinary inquiry by the Irish Teaching Council. He is facing the possible removal of his licence to teach. His crime: refusing to accept that you can be suspended for not endorsing LGBTQ+ ideology. The inquiry is required to be held in public, but throughout the day more than ten heavy-set security guards dressed in black guarded every entrance to the building and demanded the names of anyone attempting to attend. This was naked intimidation. Very few people would feel comfortable attending in such circumstances. The same guards worked hard to protect the Teaching Council panel from scrutiny when they exited the building, including the chairman Andy Pike. Pike has shared mockery of Enoch Burke’s stand on his social media and is himself a promoter of transgender ideology. Enoch has now spent almost two years in prison, meanwhile every form of perversion is taught to children in schools every day. This is a dark day for Ireland.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Teaching Council Inquiry against Enoch Burke deferred after legal challenge

A Teaching Council "fitness to teach" Inquiry against Enoch Burke will not proceed as planned tomorrow. The Inquiry was in relation to a complaint made against Enoch Burke regarding his presence at Wilson's Hospital School.

Yesterday, Enoch Burke was forced to initiate High Court proceedings against the members of the Panel appointed to hear the Inquiry. These are Andy Pike (Chairperson), Adrian Guinan and Clodagh O'Hara.

Andy Pike has promoted on his social media a St Patrick’s Day parade float which mocked and parodied Enoch Burke and the controversy around his suspension from Wilson’s Hospital School. Andy Pike has also promoted posts advocating to "make the world a little less binary" and criticising those who refuse to use the "they" pronoun.

Enoch Burke raised other serious issues including the recent scandal around the nomination of Claire Callanan as Chairperson of his DAP dismissal appeal hearing. Claire Callanan did not disclose that she holds a senior position in the Church of Ireland or that her husband, Senior Counsel Lyndon MacCann, is one of the most powerful men in that organisation. Wilson's Hospital School is a Church of Ireland school.

Enoch Burke submitted that this scandal must be resolved before any Teaching Council Inquiry takes place.

Today's hearing was marked by a controversy around the refusal of High Court Judge Micheal O'Connell to ask a simple question.

Under official rules, the members of the Inquiry Panel are required to "operate independently" of the Director of the Teaching Council. This is because the Director is the one who prosecutes the complaint against the teacher. The Panel is required to remain impartial between the Director and the teacher.

Surprisingly, there was no appearance in court today by the members of the Panel or anyone representing them. Instead, there was a team of Barristers and Solicitors, led by Barrister Eoghan O'Sullivan BL, acting for the Director.

Enoch Burke submitted to Judge Micheal O'Connell that there was a serious issue as to how the Director of the Teaching Council came to be in possession of his High Court injunction papers when these had been served (by order of the High Court) yesterday on the Panel members.

He requested Judge Micheal O'Connell to ask the Barrister for the Director to explain how he came to be in possession of the papers.

Judge Micheal O'Connell repeatedly refused to ask this question.

Martina Burke and Ammi Burke were asked to leave the courtroom after asking pertinent questions as to why the presence of Barristers and Solicitors for the Director was not queried by Judge Micheal O'Connell.

The Barrister for the Director eventually informed the Court that tomorrow's Inquiry will not proceed as scheduled. Instead, a preliminary hearing will take place tomorrow in which Enoch Burke will make a recusal application to the Panel members and an application that the Inquiry not take place until the scandal regarding Claire Callanan and his DAP dismissal appeal hearing is resolved.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: PRIEST CONDEMNS ENOCH BURKE’S FAMILY BUT REFUSES TO CONDEMN LGBTQ+ IDEOLOGY

Teacher Enoch Burke has now spent almost 700 days behind bars after refusing to endorse transgender ideology.

Creeslough Priest John Joe Duffy made an extraordinary attack on the Burke family this week after they sought to speak with Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton in Donegal.

His comments were prominently reported across the local media in Donegal.

However when we spoke with Duffy this evening he refused to condemn lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ideology.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Taoiseach Micheal Martin confronted by Enoch Burke’s mother on campaign trail in Galway.

The schoolteacher has now spent over 700 days in prison after refusing to affirm transgenderism.

Micheal Martin and his party are looking for votes in this election while turning a blind eye to the monstrous injustice of Enoch Burke’s ongoing imprisonment and destroying the youth of Ireland with their transgender ideology. Shame shame shame upon all of them.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: An LGBT activist in a ‘throuple’ relationship with two other lesbians is running the Irish government’s national education convention

The government has paid radical LGBT activists €250,000 to run the National Convention on Education which aims to shape the future of Irish education for the next 30 years.

‘Quality Matters’, an organisation run by Aoife Dermody and Caroline Gardner, was appointed by the government to facilitate the National Convention on Education.

Aoife Dermody is a promoter of radical transgender ideology. She believes “children’s well being is not harmed by learning about trans and gender diverse identities.” She also believes puberty blockers have “well evidenced positive effects”. She describes herself online as ‘queer’ and urges viewers to “smash transphobia.”

Caroline Gardner is the CEO of Quality Matters. Originally from New Zealand, Gardner is in a polyamorous sexual relationship (three-way) with two other lesbians including Dil Wickremasinghe. Wickremasinghe calls herself a ‘journalist and queer polyamorous mum’, using She/They’ pronouns. The third person in the relationship, Anne O’Toole, is heavily involved in witchcraft.

The Chair of the National Convention on Education is Professor Anne Looney, the Executive Dean of DCU’s Institute of Education since 2019.

In 2018 Looney worked to produce guidelines to embed sexual consent training in Irish universities. Under her leadership DCU developed the first SPHE/RSE teacher training course. This course includes sexually depraved content. A teacher who experienced the training said she felt the presence of Satan. Among much else the training includes an activity instructing children to write a detailed sex scene.

Anne Looney recently launched a book which included the following statement: “All young people, whatever their gender or sexual identity (transgender, intersex, male, female, lesbian, gay, heterosexual or something else) are sexual objects who have a right to experience sexual pleasure and desire.”

The convention in Limerick today is shrouded in secrecy. The city was withheld until last night, and even then the location was not revealed. Attendees at the convention have been instructed by the Chair Anne Looney not to share what anyone has said at the event outside the four walls. She has decreed that the conference be a “device-free zone” to limit the sharing of information.

Shame on the Department of Education. This convention has nothing to do with true education. It is a promotion of LGBTQIA+ ideology in every school in Ireland, while teacher Enoch Burke lies in a prison cell.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

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.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

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[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Shocking scenes in Athlone right now as prison officers remove Enoch Burke from Appeal hearing

Enoch Burke refused to accept the presence of Barrister Barra Faughnan BL and Solicitor Fiona Sheil of Mason Hayes & Curran Solicitors at the hearing of his appeal. The barrister and solicitor were acting for the school. The presence of lawyers at such an appeal is contrary to settled law and Department of Education procedures for dealing with appeals.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Enoch Burke’s mother and sister arrested and jailed

Martina and Ammi Burke were arrested by Gardaí today at Castlerea Prison after visiting jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke, their son and brother.

Judge Brian Cregan sentenced them to two weeks in prison after they spoke out against his lies and unlawful actions in the case of Enoch Burke.

Martina and Ammi Burke had been teaching in Castlebar this morning before travelling to Castlerea for their scheduled visit at 2.15pm.

As they left the prison after concluding the visit, Gardaí were waiting outside to arrest them.

Lies have been told from the bench since September 2022 when Enoch Burke was first taken from his teaching post at Wilson’s Hospital School and thrown into a jail cell.

He refused to call a student by a new name and the “they” pronoun. He was subsequently suspended and has now spent over 600 days in prison.

Ireland’s church leaders have maintained a treacherous silence on this issue. Archbishops Eamon Martin and John McDowell speak frequently about battlefields far away - Gaza, Ukraine, the Middle East - but are silent on the battlefields in the schools of Ireland, on their own doorstep. Children in the classroom are being educated in every form of sexual perversion.

Martina and Ammi Burke have now been sent to Mountjoy Women’s Prison because they refused to be silent in the face of gross injustice from the bench.

Parents, rise up and speak out for your sons and your daughters.

[Isaac Burke @isaaczburke]

Judge Brian Cregan has threatened to ban Martina Burke, Ammi Burke and me from all future court hearings involving Enoch Burke, our son and brother. We wrote to the High Court today objecting to this unjust and unlawful proposal.

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[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

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[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: POLICE CALLED TO REMOVE ENOCH BURKE’S FAMILY FROM CHURCH EVENT

Free Presbyterian Church leaders fled from questions at the opening of a new Bible College in Tandragee, Co. Armagh on Friday.

The current Moderator Rev. Ian Brown has been exposed as a fervent supporter of a pro sodomy, ultra Catholic organisation in America.

When Martina Burke and Josiah Burke arrived in the foyer of Tandragee Free Presbyterian Church they were blocked by five men and asked to leave.

The Burkes asked to speak to Rev. Ian Brown and Rev. John Greer following the service. Both men were taking part in the Bible College opening.

When Rev. John Gray, the Minister of Tandragee Free Presbyterian Church saw the Burkes arrive, he immediately rushed down the aisle and ordered church elders to refuse them entry.

The Burkes waited quietly in the church lobby.

As the closing hymn was sung, several churchmen tried to force the Burkes out of the church with the Burkes ending up on the ground.

Martina Burke continued to ask to speak to Ian Brown or John Greer, Moderator and Clerk of the Presbytery.

After about 30 minutes, four PSNI police officers arrived on the scene.

Outside the church, the Burkes explained the situation to the PSNI.

One police officer volunteered to ask Rev. John Greer to speak with the Burkes. She returned about 10 minutes later to say that Mr Greer had left the premises.

The question needs to be asked: Why are these ministers so fearful of questions? Why are they hiding when the Burkes arrive? Why are they running when asked about their beliefs?

They are running because the opening of this new Bible College is a farce. The leaders of the Free Presbyterian Church have utterly departed from the beliefs upon which that church was founded 75 years ago.

Rev. Ian Brown recently exalted and eulogised Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in the United States on 10 September 2025.

Charlie Kirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, a political and religious organisation which brings together students from different religions and backgrounds. TPUSA Faith, a spin-off organisation, exists “to unite the church.” The majority of confirmed speakers at a recent TPUSA tour were Mormons and Catholics.

Charlie Kirk platformed LGBT speakers at Turning Point events and supported their full inclusion in the “conservative movement.”

Mr Kirk was also influential in drawing countless young people into the Roman Catholic Church. He led many to the worship of Mary and promoted the praying of the rosary and praying to saints. Kirk wore a medal of St Michael, a Catholic symbol.

Charlie Kirk’s best friend and show producer Andrew Kolvet spoke recently of Kirk’s love for the “ritual and ancient feel” of the Catholic Eucharist (which he attended with his wife Erika, a practising Catholic).

All Free Presbyterian ministers make a vow before Almighty God at their ordination to “maintain with all the strength God shall give [me] the position on Biblical separation from apostasy.” They vow to “expose and resist apostasy” and to “defend the doctrine of Christ against all error.”

On 14 September 2025 Ian Brown dedicated a full sermon to the subject of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

In that sermon he lauded Charlie Kirk as a “fantastic apologist” and drew parallels between his assassination and the martyrdom of Stephen. Mr Brown gave special recognition to the work of TPUSA, rejoicing at the success of the organisation.

Numerous ministers of the Free Presbyterian Church paid similar tributes, including Stephen Greer, Marcus Lecky, Roger Higginson, David Park, Joshua Moffat, Garth Wilson and Samuel Murray.

Rev. Stephen Greer, the son of Rev. John Greer (Clerk of the Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church) said that when Charlie Kirk died he was “immediately received into glory.” In the video above Stephen Greer can be seen laughing and mocking the Burkes during the event on Friday.

Rev. Marcus Lecky of Cookstown Free Presbyterian Church referred to Kirk as a “Christian martyr.” Mr Lecky placed Kirk on the same level as Stephen, Antipas, Jan Hus and William Tyndale, and declared that “like them, Charlie Kirk is gone to his throne in heaven.”

Free Presbyterian ministers also make an ordination vow “to oppose and expose the immorality and social vices of this present evil world, including dancing, drinking and gambling.” These vows are often administered by the Clerk of the Presbytery, Rev. John Greer.

Rev. John Greer knows full well, however, that the Free Presbyterian Church has been on the dance floor for years.

Embrace Socials, an entertainment organisation led by a Free Presbyterian, runs a lucrative business drawing young people from all denominations, including Free Presbyterians, together on the dance floor.

Last October, Embrace Socials held an event called “Hooley on the Hill” in Stormont Parliament. The event was advertised as “an unforgettable evening of food, music and dancing” with all proceeds going to the Christian Institute. Callum Webster, Northern Ireland Officer for the Christian Institute, spoke at the event.

As previously reported, in April 2025, this same Mr Webster shared a platform with Laoise de Brún, a self-described “passionate advocate for LGB (lesbian, gay & bisexual) rights.”

Callum Webster of the Christian Institute is a close friend of Rev. Ian Brown and has spoken at his church in Belfast multiple times.

Elderly Free Presbyterians - unaware of the true nature of the Christian Institute - have bequeathed large financial offerings and legacies to Callum Webster and his organisation for many years.

Rev. Ian Brown and Rev. John Greer recently shared a platform with Callum Webster at an event in Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church. At that event Ian Brown announced that “everything lifted” in the offering would go to the Christian Institute as “our way of supporting them and showing to Mr Webster that we are in agreement with the stand that they are taking”.

Far from “maintaining Biblical separation” and “defending the doctrine of Christ against all error” as they have vowed, Free Presbyterian ministers are actively leading their congregations into gross confusion and compromise. Ian Brown and John Greer are openly and clearly endorsing that which they vowed before Almighty God to oppose.

It is time for all who love the truth to come out from the Free Presbyterian Church.

We urge all those who love the truth, the purity of the Word of God and the separated stand of His Church to come out from under these wolves in sheep’s clothing who remain silent as the next generation is sodomised in our schools.

It is time for God’s people to once again take a stand and “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3)

We now live in a day when the three branches of government - legislative, executive and judicial - are working together to promote sodomy and LGBT+ ideology. In a recent High Court ruling delivered by Judge Brian Cregan he said that, as Christians, the Burke family are not above the courts.

The Burkes are indeed law-abiding citizens but as the Apostle Peter said in Acts 5:29 when the law conflicts with Christian truth “we ought to obey God rather than men.”

When the law of man is in conflict with the law of God - then, for the true Christian, God’s law must take precedence. God’s Word is very clear on LGBT.

That is the reason why Enoch Burke has now spent over 600 days in prison.

[Enoch Burke @EnochBurke]

BREAKING: Teacher Enoch Burke thrown into prison van and moved suddenly to Castlerea Prison

On Sunday morning teacher Enoch Burke was told to gather his belongings and bring them to a prison van. He was then put into the van and brought on a two-and-a-half-hour journey to a new location, Castlerea Prison.

At no point was he told where he was being brought, or for what reason.

Upon arrival in Castlerea Prison he was consigned to a filthy committal landing. Prison authorities told him he was being given a job “in the kitchen.”

Enoch Burke has a job. He is a teacher of German and History at Wilson’s Hospital School. He was taken from that job in 2022 and thrown into a prison cell by corrupt judges after he refused to endorse transgender ideology. His incarceration is an abomination.

Enoch Burke’s removal from Mountjoy Prison is a violation of the order of Judge Brian Cregan of 19 January. That order specifically stated that Enoch Burke was to be detained in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin until further order of the High Court:

“AND IT IS ORDERED that the Defendant be conveyed by the Commissioner and Members of An Garda Síochána to Mountjoy Prison and that he thereupon be lodged in Mountjoy Prison to be detained therein until he purges his contempt and is discharged pursuant to further Order of this Court”.

There has been no further order. Enoch Burke, an innocent man, is now detained in Castlerea Prison without lawful authority.

The removal to Castlerea Prison is deeply prejudicial to Enoch Burke as he is now over two hours from the courts where cases relating to his unjust incarceration are ongoing.

Today Dr Isaac Burke raised this urgent matter before Judge Brian Cregan in the High Court.

Judge Cregan prevaricated and obfuscated in response. He denied any knowledge of the development and showed little interest in the violation by the prison authorities of his own order.

It is a dangerous state of affairs when a matter of this importance, the unlawful detention of an innocent man, can be taken so lightly by a High Court Judge.

[Josiah Burke @realJosiahBurke]

Teacher Enoch Burke has now spent over 600 days in prison.

He refuses to accept that you can be suspended from your job for not calling a child “they.”

Now the Irish judiciary and Gardaí are pursuing his mother and sister.

This is a scandal.