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One Direction team up with Office Depot to help end bullying - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:11:10 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

One Direction are again using their influence for good by teaming up with Office Depot for an anti-bullying campaign.

New York police crackdown on anti-redhead mocking - Christine Quinn backs anti-bullying (IrishCentral)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:20:41 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

New York Police Department (NYPD) sergeants and lieutenants have been spreading the message to cops “Don’t discriminate against carrot-top cops!” In one of the most racially diverse cities in the world harassment of redheads will not be tolerated. ‘

Roald Dahl's Matilda battles bullies on Broadway (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:47:59 PDT

Bertie Carvel steals scenes and carries the showThe truth is Matilda isn't one of Roald Dahl's most interesting works Oh, it's a charming and typically dark effort by the old master and you'll certainly find yourself rooting for his bright and put-upon young creation, but there are contradictions in the narrative that make you wonder why it takes the time it takes for the story to end happilyThat's not the case with the Royal Shakespeare Company's absurdly entertaining new musical Matilda based on Dahl's book, now playing on Broadway READ MORE

School bans anti-bullying campaign despite 13-year-old Kitty McGuire’s suicide (IrishCentral)

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:47:06 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Friends of 13-year-old Harley “Kitty” McGuire have been banned from wearing t-shirts supporting an anti-bullying campaign. McGuire’s family believes that bullying over her dress and sexual orientation pushed her to commit suicide.

Gay anti-bullying group booted from Cincinnati Saint Patrick’s Day parade (IrishCentral)

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:27:18 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Organizers of Cincinnati’s St Patrick’s Day parade have banned a leading gay and lesbian group because their event is based around a Catholic feast day.

Ed Sheeran was bullied in school for being a 'weird kid' (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:47:25 PDT

Ed Sheeran was bullied in school for being a 'wierd kid' The 'A Team' hitmaker may have two BRIT Awards to his name and a platinum selling debut album, but when he was growing up in Framlingham, Suffolk, in the South East of England, he was taunted by other children because he had ginger hair and stutteredIn an interview with website Take 40, he said: "I think everyone goes through a bit of bullying at school Of course you get picked on for certain things, but I think it ends up being a positive I was quite a weird kid when I was little, I wore big glasses, had hearing problems, had a stutter and I had ginger hair READ MORE

Shane McEntee’s daughter dismisses claims that cyber bullying killed her dad (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:42:08 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The daughter of tragic Irish politician Shane McEntee has refuted claims that cyber bullying led her father to take his own life.

Irish politician suggests paying to comment to crackdown on trolling and cyber bullying (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:18:48 PST

By: MATT KEOUGH

The unaccountability of posting on social media websites has provided cowardly bullies the perfect platform to spread hate. Irish Senator Eamonn Coghlan proposed requiring a payment per post to stop cyberbullying as it continues to lead to disaster in young teens.

Deceased 12-year-old Baily O’Neill punched three times in the face by bullies - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:30:08 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Investigators have confirmed that 12-year-old Bailey O’Neill was punched two or three times in the face and did not fight back. The schoolboy died of his injuries earlier this week and his parents claim the passive Irish American boy was jumped by bullies at school.

Phoebe Prince was not bullied to death, claims author in new book - Argues her many mental problems led to suicide, not ‘bullycide’ (IrishCentral)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:32:03 PST

Phoebe Prince (Credit:ABC)The tragic January 14, 2010 death of Irish teenager Phoebe Prince does not qualify as ‘bullycide’ according to a controversial new book on the subject by author Emily BazelonBazelon covered the Phoebe Prince trial for ‘Slate’ and she claims in an interview in the Boston Herald this week that what happened to Phoebe was “not beyond the pale” and that Phoebe had multiple personal issues that were the underlying cause of the suicideI could not disagree more with Bazelon’s conclusion which adopts a “blame the victim for having her own problems” mentalityTo recap, Prince was bullied mercilessly soon after she moved to South Hadley Massachusetts from the rural town of Fanore, County Clare in Ireland with her mother READ MORE

Irish American Bailey O’Neill 12-year-old boy attacked by bullies dies in hospital - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:41:43 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

America's bullying epidemic may have just claimed another victim. This time it's a 12 year old boy.

Bully attack leaves sixth-grader in coma after being beaten (IrishCentral)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:56:57 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A sixth-grade honor student from Pennsylvania is in a medically induced coma after being struck several times in the face by another student four weeks ago.

Government makes move on cyber bullying in wake of shock Shane McEntee suicide (IrishCentral)

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:16:43 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Irish government has made the first move to tackle cyber bullying on social network sites in the wake of the death of Junior Minister Shane McEntee.

New claims that cyber bullying contributed to suicide of Irish government minister Shane McEntee (IrishCentral)

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:30:19 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Minister for State Shane McEntee will be buried in his native Meath on Monday – as friends and colleagues continue to claim cyber bullying and criticism aired on radio shows contributed to his suicide.

Family of bullied 12-year-old Irish girl who committed suicide left devastated (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:23:40 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The family of 12-year-old Lara Burns, who committed suicide over the weekend, have been left devastated by the tragedy.

Irish police investigate suicide of 12-year-old girl amid bullying claims (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:17:30 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish police are investigating claims that a 12-year-old girl who took her own life was the victim of bullying.

Vandals attack house of teenager suspected of bullying suicide victim (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:56:21 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The home of a teenager suspected of bullying 13-year-old suicide victim Erin Gallagher has been targeted twice by vandals, reports the Irish Independent.

Internet and Facebook bullying comes home to haunt Irish parents - Tragic deaths of two teenagers reveal scope of the problem (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:00:47 PST

Ciara PugsleyWe were always told as young fellas that stick and stone will break your bones but names will never hurt you, since the internet became a main component in our lives this has gone right out the windowI remember being in school and getting a few thumps from the school bully and that was it really, once you got a few belts and the bully got whatever he had on his chest off it was over! Other people weren’t as lucky, but even back then when the school day was over there was no contact with the bully after 3pm Once you were inside your front door you were in a safe place and nobody could get at you, home was always your safe haven!This is no longer the matter and the world and her mother can now make their way into a laptop sitting on your lap in front of your own fire and this to me is very frightening The cyber bully must be the worst kind of all, they are also known as ‘keyboard cowards’ and they sit behind their computers or over their phones and send messages most of the time without the abused knowing how they are READ MORE

The legacy of Phoebe Prince: bullying and blame in cyberspace and the school system (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:45:17 PDT

Media and news outlets have been abuzz since January 14 about 15-year-old Irish Phoebe Prince from a small town in CoClare, Ireland, a student of South Hadley High School in Massachusetts, who hanged herself in a stairwell after enduring approximately three months of relentless verbal and physical harassment by her new classmates, nine of whom faced a range of felony charges after Phoebe's suicide including, in the case of Sean Mulveyhill, statuatory rape After briefly dating 17-year-old Sean Mulveyhill, Phoebe was met with a campaign of abuse by Mulveyhill's ex-girlfriend 17-year-old Kayla Narey and her friendsThe New York Daily News reported that "students said Phoebe was called "Irish slut" and "whore" on Twitter, Craigslist, Facebook and Formspring READ MORE

Has justice really been done for Phoebe Prince? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:45:29 PDT

The papers are full at the moment of the idea that justice has been done in the matter of Phoebe Prince's suicide Criminal charges have been brought against nine teenagers, including statutory rape, violation of civil rights with bodily injury, harassment and stalkingThe New York Times report stated, "The charges were an unusually sharp legal response to the problem of adolescent bullying, which is increasingly conducted in cyberspace as well as in the schoolyard and has drawn growing concern from parents, educators and lawmakers"But one of the shocking pieces of information to emerge from this tragedy is that school teachers and administrators were indeed aware of the bullying and did little or nothing to prevent it READ MORE