TRAGIC Irish teenager Phoebe Prince felt like she was in a movie when she first arrived at her American high school last September.

WHILE the rate of cyberbullying in Ireland is lower than in Britain, Irish children are choosing to do their bullying on social networking sites rather than by phone or email.

THE integration of pupils with significant learning needs into mainstream classes because their special classes have been cut is not the best solution because there may be a shortage of other resources in schools, an expert has warned.

Jennifer Hough reports that plans are in place to use a radio documentary, The Diary of Leanne Wolfe, as a warning to bullies about the devastating effects of their actions.

SCHOOLGIRLS and young women are turning more to physical violence against each other — inspired by changing female roles in TV advertising and films, a bullying expert warned yesterday.

IN the early 1990s, a long time ago, two women decided to pay a visit to Trinity College in Dublin.

TOO many schools are still not facing up to the serious problem of bullying, a conference on the issue heard yesterday.

BULLYING can be the sole factor in suicide among teenagers, a conference on the problem heard yesterday.

A NATIONAL anti-bullying programme in schools could help reduce the number of cases by more than one-fifth and even save lives, new research shows.