Irish teacher jailed for contempt of court after refusing to refer to pupil as ‘they’

School had obtained court order barring Enoch Burke, but he continued to show up

A school teacher in Ireland who refused to call a transgender pupil by the pronoun “they” has spent 11 days in prison for ignoring a court order to stay away from the school.

Enoch Burke failed to obtain a court injunction on Wednesday that would have paved his release and return to school, leaving him in Mountjoy prison in Dublin.

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