Social media companies must step up to help tackle cyberbullying, schools warn

Seamus Mulconry of the Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA) said social media companies have gotten away lightly in these debates.

Social media companies must acknowledge their responsibility in tackling cyberbullying as some situations are almost impossible for a school to address.

The current anti-bullying procedures for schools, published in 2013 by the Department of Education, also need to be reviewed in order to effectively address bullying.