‘Mr Burke does not listen,’ barrister for Co Westmeath school tells appeal court
Mr Justice Birmingham said there was every expectation that a judgment would be delivered and delivered expeditiously. If there was “any egregious conduct” that might cause the court to reconsider, it would seek submissions from the sides.
Mark Connaughton SC, with Alex White SC and barrister Rosemary Mallon, for the school, said Mr Burke has not complied with the orders restraining his attendance at the school.Mr Connaughton said his side agreed with what the court had said earlier this week concerning whether a person in contempt of court orders can apply to the court for relief.
When the judges returned, Mr Justice Birmingham said the court would hear the appeal only against the orders restraining Mr Burke’s attendance at the school because that involved an application to overturn orders. Because he would not offer assurances about his future conduct, it would not hear his appeal against the orders of two other judges because they involved him seeking positive orders from the appeal court.
That process arose from his behaviour at a school event in June when he publicly objected to a direction from the then school principal requesting teachers to refer to a transitioning pupil by their chosen name and using the pronoun “they”.
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