Taoiseach acknowledges culture of 'calculated cruelty' within schools after documentary

Taoiseach Simon Harris speaking to members of the media outside Government Building in Dublin.  Picture: PA

There was a culture of violence and “calculated cruelty” within schools that have traumatised generations of Irish children, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said.

In a statement following the airing of an RTÉ documentary – Leathered: Violence in Irish Schools – Mr Harris described the programme as “harrowing viewing”.