# bullying - Monday 17 June, 2013
Social inclusion and sport go hand-in-hand – but, within Irish games, there remains two distinct playing fields: one for LGBT people and one for straight people. The time has come to change this, writes Phil Prendergast MEP.
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# bullying - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
In a recent broad-ranging interview, Frances Fitzgerald talks about schools being ‘too ashamed’ to stand up to bullying, ‘unacceptable’ waiting lists and ‘bad news’ in service inspections.
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# bullying - Saturday 27 April, 2013
In a recent interview with TheJournal.ie, the Minister for Education outlined concerns about homophobic bullying and the bullying of the ‘bright, pretty young person’ in the classroom.
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# bullying - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
With new media comes new risks, writes Julie O’Neill who says many employers might not know they could be liable for statements made by their employees outside of working hours.
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# bullying - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
But UNICEF warns childhood must be protected during economic downturn.
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# bullying - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
The ISPCC has developed a ‘self evaluation toolkit’ that schools can use to determine their own strengths and needs regarding bullying, writes Andrew Jackson.
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# bullying - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
The hearing is one of a series on social media use in Ireland.
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# bullying - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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A Co Limerick school has suspended 28 students after liking a Facebook update referring to a teacher’s personal life.
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# bullying - Friday 8 March, 2013
Following what you told us about your bullying experiences, we asked the experts for advice. Here’s what they said.
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# bullying - Thursday 7 March, 2013
We asked and you told us. Here are your stories about how the pain of childhood bullying can live on.
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# bullying - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Proposals to introduce legislation to “curb” social media use are an unnecessary attack on free speech, writes Fergal Crehan.
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We asked and you told us. Here are some of your experiences of bullying in the workplace.
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# bullying - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
We asked and you told us. Here are your stories about bullying in school.
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# bullying - Monday 4 March, 2013
Parents can feel helpless when their child is the victim of bullying – but there are some practical steps they can take to address the problem constructively, writes Pat Forde.
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Blue shield pins are to be sold throughout March to help raise awareness of child bullying.
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The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals is calling on social networks to work with schools and take a great role in tackling bullying.
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# bullying - Friday 22 February, 2013
Transport and Communications joint committee has launched a public consultation process to explore the use – and abuse – of social media. (And you can participate through social media).
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# bullying - Thursday 21 February, 2013
The Government says it is prioritising young peoples’ mental health while, at the same time, cutting the role of counsellors, writes Gerry Flynn.
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# bullying - Monday 4 February, 2013
Teen-led campaign Watch Your Space and the Garda programme Connect with Respect were launched by Minister Ruairí Quinn and Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan this morning.
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# bullying - Thursday 31 January, 2013
The survey found that bullying leads to a number of significant mental health challenges in primary schools.
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# bullying - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Online harassment is a concern to young people and parents who aren’t familiar with certain technologies – but there are practical ways to deal with cyberbullying, writes Pat Forde.
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The plan sets out 12 actions to prevent and tackle bullying in Irish schools.
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Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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Ministers Ruairí Quinn and Frances Fitzgerald will unveil the Action Plan on Bullying later today, including plans for all schools to keep a formal record of bullying incidents.
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# bullying - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Suicide has touched so many families in Ireland – and its problems cannot be overcome alone, writes Seamus Hennessy.
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# bullying - Thursday 24 January, 2013
The IPPN said primary school students are faced with new forms of disadvantages including losing their homes, cyber-bullying and early sexualisaton.
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# bullying - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
TDs vote tonight on whether school management boards will be forced to meet to discuss all bullying allegations.
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# bullying - Monday 21 January, 2013
The Department of Education will also release mental health guidelines for post-primary schools in the near future.
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# bullying - Sunday 20 January, 2013
The current national discussion about bullying and suicide is opportunity to tackle the attitudes that underpin the way people treat one another – not to cloak the issue in more silence, writes Genevieve Shanahan.
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# bullying - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Horse burgers, how politicians ignored on social media may suffer low self-esteem, and the possibility that Lance Armstrong may be telling the truth…
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# bullying - Friday 18 January, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Sinn Féin has tabled legislation which will require school boards to adopt mandatory counter-bullying measures.
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# bullying - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Some fear social media because they misunderstand it or fear power being transferred from the few to the many but it needs no more or no less regulation than our existing methods, argues junior minister Ciarán Cannon.
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# bullying - Monday 7 January, 2013
Twitter and Facebook can be a vital social outlet, or they can turn nasty. But most of us have a choice, writes Lisa Domican.
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# bullying - Sunday 6 January, 2013
“It is impossible to quantify how many deaths have been caused or contributed to in this country by the negative elements of social media,” said Fine Gael TD Mary Mitchell O’Connor.
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# bullying - Saturday 5 January, 2013
The Minister for Children admits that given the “global and open nature of the internet”, it may be difficult to regulate the likes of Ask.fm.
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# bullying - Monday 31 December, 2012
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says ratification would ensure safe and responsible use of the internet in Ireland.
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# bullying - Friday 28 December, 2012
# bullying - Monday 24 December, 2012
The authors of a new study have said parents and doctors should routinely ask children with food allergies about bullying.
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