Leading Irish politician’s son kicked out of school for Facebook remarks about teachers

Teachers should not be the targets of school bullies.

Mick will be roaring laughing when he hears you called him a leading Irish politician.

mmaginnty: I bet you were a real dunce at school, were you? You were the kind of student who acts the idiot in the hope that the other kids will like her. Didn't work.

The Teenagers are being punished severely, if we look back to our own teenage years we all did a bit of sneering in corners about our teachers. No Internet then. Look to yourselves in the comments below, and we expect young ones to follow us. Even the media are at it, one name out of over 50, wonder why they jumped on only one.

Whilst juvenile delinquency is reprehensible, a little Christian forebearance wouldn't go astray. And it's not as if the Christian Brothers School's (CBS's) have been without controversy over the century. Judge not lest you be judged - Bros! The measure ye meet shall be measured to you again! Take the beam out of your own eyes before you take the speck out of others! Etc. Since when does one's physiognomy and phrenology add or or detract tfromones cachet as a politician? Or what Irish provincial county one is from - whether Wexford/Lóch Górman in Leinster/eastern Ireland, or Tyrone/Tír Éoghan in Ulster/Northern Ireland. Though it is heartening to see an Ulster unionist embracing his Irishness, even if to engage in mischief. Independents can hold the balance of power in hung parliaments. Remember Tony Gregory? Sadly, some posts here are bullying and parochial in import. Perhaps they should be on Facebook. This isn't the Garvaghy Road - ya know!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: "Bullying" is an integral part of the Irish culture. It crosses all social lines from the country culchies to the heads of State. Yup, that sorry excuse for a human being, Mick Wallace, was voted in because the voters thought he could "get them something".....like government funding or other patronage reward. He's a thick as two planks, a bankrupt developer and in debt up to his curly bovine locks. But, no matter, he'll get voted in again cause, like almost all Irish politicians he's a Liberal, Progressive Socialist!

Likely training to follow in his father's footsteps. next, a crash course in telling lies.

A little fact checking would have been good for this store. "Leading" politician, seriously, who are you trying to kid with that one! One look at the head on him should tell you he is very far from being a "leading" politician! He is an independent from Wexford! He's hardly a big time player in the political arena! As to Oaklands being a one of Dublin's best known schools, it wouldn't even be well known throughout the entire Southside never mind the entire city or country. If you are from outside Stillorgan, Blackrock, Monkstown etc you will never have heard of this school before. But then those details wouldn't make the story so "interesting" now would they!

eireog68: Let me get this straight. You think that teachers should be the butt of dirty lies and filthy accusations? Any other jobs that this applies to? What a nasty creep you are--maybe you're on the wrong internet site. As regards your stupid claim about the teenagers that the expulsion will "follow them for life", grow up and have some sense. Their daddies all have enough money to send them to those private exam schools that can be found throughout South Dublin. These little creeps should be grateful that their teachers don't sue their lousy asses.

When some youths get away from home they go wild.It's not always their parents fault.

while it may not be right what they did, it should have been a suspension nothing else, do they know that been expelled will follow them for life. and bring up questions at job interviews where is the Christian lesson in that. Christian Brothers run a school like a dictatorship ask no questions do as i say not as i do. Or maybe the comments made are true, the truth hurt's you know as far as the other 50 suspensions the rest of the school should get a back bone and like it as well what are they going to suspend the whole school to hide the remarks and teach the students that you must not make comments true or not. I can see not much has changed in Christian Brothers schools since I was in one. Maybe the Christian Brothers would like to run Facebook? so they can control that. Or How about we stop printing news papers.

Like Father, like Son. Congrats poeple of Wexford.

Good enough for them! There's enough hurt and suffering in this world without bullying people on line.