Former teacher Enoch Burke has claimed educators fear speaking out against transgenderism. ‘Teachers are afraid to state their beliefs or whisper an objection on the corridors of the school,’ he told the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Tailed teacher is appealing against the rejection last December by the High Court of his challenge to the composition of a disciplinary appeals panel set up to consider his dismissal from his teaching

Sean Burke, who is in his 60s, denies assaulting Bridewell Garda Victoria Fisher in the Four Courts on March 7 last year

Sean Burke, who is in his 60s, denies assaulting Garda Victoria Fisher in the Four Courts on March 7th last year.

The father of jailed teacher Enoch Burke has told a judge he does not recollect throwing a female Garda to the ground in the Court of Appeal and claimed it was "completely accidental" if it did happen.