The Burkes go to Washington

[NaomhPadraigin]

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/enoch-burkes-family-spark-speculation-over-elon-musk-invitation-as-they-fly-to-washington/a1651186221.html

Is anyone else terrified about the Burkes ending up in the Oval Office, and what they might do/ say? 😱

(Apologies for the Indo Premium link, it's all I could see - I can only read headlines, maybe others can see the whole article).

Do we have to let them back in?!

@MarieDeGournay yes, while I completely disagree with the shenanigans I do think Enoch had a point to a degree.

The first I heard of them was when Ammi took her employer (Arthur Cox) and her mother turned up shouting the odds 😂

That was soo funny last night, the Mum was missing one shoe in one piece of footage. My friend and I had a glass of wine on us and we laughed ourselves silly.

I'm actually glad they did that because it has very much undermined their own position. I was afraid they would get some sort of following but now they are seen for the disrespectful troublemakers they are.

Their house must be an echo chamber of crazy. I suspect some of them will disassociate themselves and live a normal life, i actually feel a bit sorry for them. They are the best argument against homeschooling I've ever seen.

I feel sorry for them too. They are obviously extremely bright and the mother has given them a high standard of education. It’s such a shame, they are so indoctrinated that they will also ruin their own lives with this. Enoch should be teaching, meeting a life partner, building a life for himself and he said he has wasted three years either hanging around a gate or in prison. And to what end? Maybe he should be sent to therapy rather than prison.

so my first instinct was correct on the ties to the US.

https://www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-family-us-connections-christian-right-religious-6647119-Mar2025/

If they locked Mama Burke up in the US for a few months and deported Papa and the offspring back to Ireland it might liberate them. Or maybe the US should keep them all, in separate jails, for a few months.

I wonder is Micheál on the phone - Mr President, Mr Vice President, I know you'd like to do Ireland a good turn . . .

I seen it reported that as soon as they realised there was no US media present they walked away

FB discussions on their capers often develop into rants about the Catholic Church. Now the RCC is able to look out for itself but this family are Protestants. I have a family connection with Pentecostalists in Wales. Very decent people but their Minister is nearly as barking as the Burkes. They seem to be the Opus Dei equivalent of Protestantism?

Anyway, although I make them right about the pronouns crap , they are the last ppl we want on our side. I envisage Mammy Burke as Ma Barker , the gang leader who sang hymns as she blazed away at the encircling policemen 😂

They must have money to burn.