Cork mother calls for tough laws to tackle bullying

THE mother of a young girl who took her own life after months of bullying has urged the Government to introduce tough laws here to tackle bullying in schools.

Her call comes as new figures show the Department of Education received more than two telephone or written complaints about bullying from parents of primary and secondary school students for every school day last year, or a total of 438.

Worryingly the trend is continuing with 160 complaints already received by the end of April of this year.