The Facebook cyberbullying which led to 28 students being suspended at a Co Limerick secondary school is to be brought before an Oireachtas committee.

The principal of a Limerick secondary school at the centre of a cyberbullying probe has called on the Data Protection Commissioner to help investigate after Facebook said it could not help.

The principal of a Limerick school, which recently suspended 28 pupils for posting an offensive photo about a teacher on Facebook, is calling on the Data Protection Commissioner to carry out a full investigation into the incident.

A leading campaigner on suicide awareness has acclaimed as “brave, courageous, and professional” the decision of a school principal to suspend 28 students for cyberbullying.

The decision by Noel Malone, head of Coláiste Chiaráin in Croom, Co Limerick, to suspend 28 pupils over cyberbullying should resonate with every parent.

A secondary school has suspended 28 students over Facebook cyberbullying.

SHOCK, surprise and success on the treble for Tipp.

ONE of the fastest-growing post-primary schools in the country has been given the go-ahead for a new college.

THE head of a Limerick secondary school yesterday claimed the Government response to the foot and mouth outbreak some years ago was far more comprehensive in schools than the approach now being taken to deal with the swine flu pandemic.

AN ACCLAIMED Co Limerick secondary school has won its battle to continue drawing students from the city suburbs.

SECONDARY school principal Noel Malone took special pride in the first year class of 2008 which yesterday enrolled at Coláiste Chiaráin in Croom.

A COUNTY Limerick secondary school, which almost closed seven years ago due to falling numbers, is now being accused of creaming off the county’s brightest and best.

THE education of students at Ireland’s first all-computer secondary school is being curtailed because they do not have access to broadband, it was claimed yesterday.