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At his full state funeral, former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton, who paved the way for the Good Friday Agreement, was remembered as a 'humbling and unassuming' man. Mr Bruton, the taoiseach of the 'rainbow coalition' government from 1994 to 1997, died on Tuesday in hospital, surrounded by his family. Minister Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar were joined by ministers, TDs, and parliamentary ushers for the service at Saints Peter and Paul's Church in Mr Bruton's hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath.

After refusing to comply with an injunction that barred him from teaching at his Irish school, Enoch Burke (left) a week in Mounjoy jail in Dublin. As the pupil and their parents were asked by Wilson's Hospital School (inset) in Co Westmeath for refusing to speak to a transitioning student as 'they' rather than 'he' was barred from the Church of Ireland school. Mr Burke was later arrested and convicted of violating a temporary court order not to teach at the school or being physically present there. According to Ireland's High Court, the teacher had refused to return from work on paid leave, and he'd sit in an empty classroom, indicating that he was there to work. Mr Burke is expected to return to court today to challenge the school's decision to ban him from work, alleging that there were no legal reasons for the dismissal.

As the pupil and their parents asked for more than 'they' rather than 'he', Enoch Burke (left) was suspended from his Westmeath school for refusing to address the transitioning student as 'they' rather than 'they' rather than 'he'. Burke (top right, bottom right with his siblings) was arrested and sentenced to prison for violating a court order not to instruct at Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath (inset) or being physically present there. According to the court, the teacher, an evangelical Christian, had refused to work on paid leave and would sit in a bare classroom, implying that he was there to work. Burke is expected to return to court today as the judge will review the court order that barred the teacher from teaching at the college.

The Irish teacher who was suspended for refusing to use a student's gender-neutral pronoun is a member of an evangelical Christian family who has protested against abortions and gay marriage. Enoch Burke (top left) was arrested yesterday morning for breaking a court order not to teach at his Westmeath school or be physically present there. As demanded by the student and their parents in May, he refused to address a transitioning student as 'they' rather than 'he', which the student and their parents had expected to by the Church of Ireland academy. Martina Burke, right), is one of ten siblings, all of whom were home-schooled by their evangelical mother, Martina Burke (right). Several members of the family (bottom left) have also been involved in high-profile court cases, including a high court appeal on religious discrimination.