Bullies posted taunts on memorial site after girl took her own life

BULLIES who drove a 15-year-old Co Clare teenager to take her own life posted vindictive messages on a Facebook site dedicated to her memory.

Phoebe Prince, who relocated to Massachusetts from Fanore, Co Clare, with her family last September, died after taking a suspected overdose at her home on Thursday, January 14.

School authorities and local police are investigating the young girl’s death in the sleepy Massachusetts town of South Hadley amid claims she was the victim of a vicious bullying campaign.