The claim
In Ireland, a teacher is being jailed for the third time because he refused to address a #Transgender student with the pronoun “they.”
Rating
The teacher – Enoch Burke – has been repeatedly sent to prison for failing to comply with a restraining order which banned him from entering the school at which he had previously worked. He had been suspended – and later dismissed – from the school. The suspension followed his disruptive behaviour after being asked to refer to a pupil as “they”.
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- [original] PA Media original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026