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BREAKING: CHAIR OF ENOCH BURKE’S APPEAL PANEL REVEALED TO BE MARRIED TO THE CHIEF LEGAL ADVISOR OF CHURCH OF IRELAND Claire Callanan, the Chair of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel hearing Enoch Burke’s case, has been revealed as a Church of Ireland employee whose husband is its chief legal adviser. The media, courts and government are withholding this information from the public. On Sunday afternoon (17 May) Enoch Burke was made aware of shocking details regarding Ms Claire Callanan, the Chair of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel (DAP) set up to hear his appeal. At the DAP hearing in Athlone on 24 April 2026, Ms Callanan permitted a Barrister and Solicitor for the Board of Management of Wilson’s Hospital School to be present to represent the school. Enoch Burke objected to this as being contrary to settled law, the Circular and the practice of the DAP. He was subsequently removed from the hearing at the direction of Ms Callanan and no substantive hearing of his appeal took place. On 17 May 2026, it came to Enoch Burke’s attention that a serious conflict of interest existed regarding the presence of Claire Callanan on the Disciplinary Appeal Panel. Ms Callanan was appointed to this position by the Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton TD (Fine Gael). Wilson’s Hospital School is one of a small number of secondary schools in Ireland with a Church of Ireland ethos. Ms Callanan is the Chair of the ecclesiastical Disciplinary Tribunal of the Church of Ireland. Ms Callanan was appointed as a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal by the Standing Committee of the Church of Ireland in November 2021 and was subsequently appointed as Chair. In addition, Ms Callanan’s husband, Mr Lyndon MacCann SC, is: 1. A member of the Representative Body of the Church of Ireland, along with John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath and Kildare, who both serve as Trustees and Guardians of Wilson’s Hospital School; 2. A chair of three of the eight Committees of the of the Representative Body of the Church of Ireland, including Chair of the Legal Advisory Committee; 3. Registrar to William Morton, the Dean & Ordinary of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, a Director of Wilson’s Hospital School, and 4. A Lay Judge of the Court of the General Synod, the highest ecclesiastical tribunal in the Church of Ireland. Mr Lyndon MacCann SC was seated beside Archbishop John McDowell at the top table at the Church of Ireland General Synod in Armagh on 11 May 2024, when Martina Burke addressed the gathering regarding the imprisonment of her son, and her daughter was violently assaulted by an attendee. Exactly one week later, on 18 May 2024, Mr Lyndon MacCann SC and Claire Callanan were married in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. William Morton, the Dean & Ordinary of the Cathedral and a Director of Wilson’s Hospital School, assisted in the officiation of the wedding. The Chairperson of the Disciplinary Appeal Panel (DAP) is required to be “independent”. Ms Callanan works for and has as a client an entity which is intrinsically connected to the school in this appeal. Furthermore, her husband is a high-ranking member of and the chief legal advisor to the same entity. There is no doubt but that he is one of the most powerful men in the Church of Ireland. Ms Callanan cannot be an impartial and independent decisionmaker in this appeal. It is abhorrent that Enoch Burke would have been deceived into sitting in front of Ms Callanan as Chairperson of the DAP. It was hypocrisy of the deepest dye for Ms Callanan to seek to hear the appeal, claiming that she "really wanted to hear [Enoch]” and that the DAP was "desperately" trying to be fair, while at the same time failing to disclose her husband's role as the most senior lay member of the Church of Ireland and its chief legal advisor. Ms Callanan also failed to disclose her own position as Chair of the ecclesiastical Disciplinary Tribunal of the Church of Ireland. Enoch Burke raised the serious matters above with the DAP by letter on Monday (18 May), stating that they warranted the dropping of the disciplinary proceedings against him, an apology by the Board, and his full reinstatement as teacher of German and History at Wilson's Hospital School. On Wednesday this week (20 May) the DAP responded, dismissing the concerns raised regarding Ms Callanan. One hour later the DAP issued a further ‘opinion’ letter striking out Enoch Burke’s appeal without delivering any judgement on the substantive issues. At 10:05pm that same night Enoch Burke received an email from the Board of Management of Wilson’s Hospital School claiming that he was now “dismissed.” This morning (Thursday) Barrister Rosemary Mallon for Wilson’s Hospital School made an application in the High Court for the case of Enoch Burke to be addressed. Enoch Burke was forced to dial in virtually from Castlerea Prison in Co. Roscommon. At the subsequent hearing Rosemary Mallon announced the decision of the DAP to the court. Enoch Burke raised the serious issues regarding Ms Callanan and his letter of 18 May to the DAP. Judge Brian Cregan refused to address these issues and instead requested that Rosemary Mallon read out the DAP’s ‘opinion letter’ to the court in full.  Enoch Burke strongly objected to this as he had not himself received or read this letter himself at this point, being incarcerated. He reiterated the invalidity of the DAP’s decision, having regards to the serious conflict of interest regarding Ms Callanan. The Judge refused to uphold his objection. Simeon Burke, who was present in court, then requested that the Judge uphold the law and fair procedure in this matter and not allow the reading of the DAP’s decision in circumstances where the teacher had not even had a chance to receive or read it, and where a serious question mark had been raised regarding its validity. Judge Brian Cregan refused to have regard to Simeon Burke’s submission and rose from the bench. Subsequently Garda Michael McGrath violently removed Simeon Burke from the courtroom. The media have shamefully failed to report on the shocking revelations regarding Claire Callanan’s conflict of interest as Chair of the DAP. Shane Phelan of the Irish Independent, Orla O’Donnell of RTÉ, Ann O’Loughlin of the Irish Examiner, and others - all of these were made aware of the situation regarding Claire Callanan earlier this week but have failed to report on it. By withholding this information they are denying the truth to the public. It is a tragedy that the people of Ireland are so grievously failed by those with a duty to report the truth.

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.

BREAKING: Enoch Burke to face THIRD Disciplinary Appeal Panel after High Court refuses to halt proceedings Teacher Enoch Burke has spent over 650 days in prison after refusing to refer to a male student using the “they” pronoun. On Wednesday of this week Enoch Burke sought an extension of time from the Court of Appeal to appeal the judgment of Judge Alexander Owens in 2023 upholding his suspension. This application follows serious developments in recent days, including a Department of Education statement issued in January this year that there is “no legal obligation” on schools to use “preferred pronouns” of students. In particular the Court of Appeal must address the issue of whether the instruction by Principal Niamh McShane to use the “they” pronoun for a male student was lawful. Today High Court Judge Micheal O’Connell (appointed in 2026) refused to grant an injunction restraining the Disciplinary Appeal Panel proceedings pending the outcome of the Court of Appeal case. Enoch Burke must now go before this panel while the key issue of his case — whether the instruction of Principal Niamh McShane to use the “they” pronoun for a male student was lawful — has not been ruled upon by the Court of Appeal. This is a travesty of justice.

Enoch Burke will win his case for wrongful dismissal, eventually. They know this and as a result, two of the appeal panel members who essentially rigged the process against him have resigned. What will be the repercussions for the corrupt and incompetent judges that unfairly maligned Enoch and then took away his freedom ? #HowIrelandWorks

BREAKING: Judge Brian Cregan refuses to give key ruling but instead directs school to prepare fresh imprisonment and sequestration papers   At last week’s hearing, Enoch Burke had submitted that due to the judgment of the Court of Appeal in July this year, the Order of the High Court upholding his suspension was no longer enforceable.   The Court of Appeal ruled in July that the principal’s instruction to call a child “they” is a “a kernel” of the case and must be examined for its legitimacy.   Judge Cregan had said that his ruling on this issue would be delivered by today.   Instead, turning a blind eye to the Court of Appeal judgment, Judge Cregan opened proceedings today by directing the school to prepare fresh papers for the attachment and committal to prison of Enoch Burke and seizure of cars.   Dark days in Irish Courts.

On Enoch Burke: he raised a valid objection to the compulsion imposed by Wilson’s Hospital School for teachers to use children’s requested pronouns. On Wilson’s Hospital School: they raised valid objections to the manner that Burke objected (at a public school gathering). On both - it’s gone too far. He should never have been suspended, he shouldn’t have broken court orders, he shouldn’t have been jailed, his money in his bank account should not have been frozen. We watch polarisation all over the world and here it is on our own doorstep. Enoch should be given back his job, his money returned, and the compulsion on teachers - in any school - to use favoured pronouns should be dropped. #EnochBurke