The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in relation to child sex abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe "raised the bar" for all child protection obligations placed on schools, a conference on cyberbullying heard yesterday.

A radical overhaul of legislation around cyberbullying is needed as it is spiralling out of control, according to a leading law expert.

WITH the Phoebe Prince court case beginning next week, a team of Irish software experts has come up with an innovative application to help prevent a child being bullied through their mobile phone.