Forum to hear ideas on better ways to tackle school bullying

Measures to improve how schools tackle bullying will be proposed at a Government-organised forum on the issue today.

The ideas to emerge from the event will help set the agenda for a working group set up by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to examine bullying.

While the initial focus of the group will be on homophobic bullying, issues such as racism and cyber-bullying are also likely to form part of its work.