Parents launch anti-bullying group

The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was forced to leave school because of bullying have set up a Facebook group as a support for other families to come forward and share their stories.

Gerry and Liza Dalton, whose son has left a primary school in Co Meath after months of being taunted about his South African accent, said they set up the group, ‘Meath Against Bullies’, to try and get something positive out of the situation.

Mr Dalton said his motivation in going public with the story, as reported in yesterday’s Irish Examiner, was to highlight the lack of accountability and the “farcical situation” where his son, the victim, is being forced out of school.