12-year-old Irish boy reaches international audience with 'The Bully' film

A 12-year-old Irish boy, now living in Chicago, has written and directed a film that has captured the hearts of over half a million people online.

Jonah Maxwell made a film called ’The Bully’ to show how the proliferation of social media has contributed to how bullying has worsened over recent years.

In the video the voices of children explain what they have experienced at the hands of bullies, but also their experiences of the people who stood by and did nothing to help.