'Every day a dozen principals call us about the harm of social media on schoolchildren'

In a series of stark warnings to TDs and Senators, school leaders laid out how they can be at the frontline for the harms being done to children online even if this harm is happening outside of school hours. File picture

Schools can't keep up with the online trends harming children and are seeing horrific cases where pupils are unable to escape bullies on social media, teachers have said.

In a series of stark warnings to TDs and Senators, school leaders laid out how they can be at the frontline for the harms being done to children online even if this harm is happening outside of school hours.