US school accused of protecting girl’s bullies

AN anti-bullying expert has accused a US high school of protecting the teenagers who may have caused a young Irish teenager to take her own life following intense bullying.

15-year-old Phoebe Prince, who relocated to Massachusetts from Fanore, Co Clare, last September, was found dead in her room by her younger sister on January 14 and it is believed she had been the subject of a bullying campaign at school and online.

School bullies reportedly taunted the teen through text messages, Facebook and other social networking sites. Even after her death, bullies posted disparaging messages on her Facebook memorial page.