An entire school community standing up for LGBT+ students

A teacher and her students tell Education Correspondent Jess Casey of the challenges they have been overcoming together

Students Adriana Alvarez, Daniella Meade, Niamh O’Brien, Ciarán Cronin, Molly Skerritt, and Ross Gubbins with teacher Laura Henebry at Coláiste Iósaef Kilmallock, Co Limerick. Picture: Don Moloney

Schools can’t fix all the wrong in the world, and they can’t change a culture overnight, but the small changes they can make mean a big difference for the students who feel afraid, marginalised, and invisible.

Laura Henebry is a teacher at Coláiste Iósaef Community College, a co-ed interdenominational post-primary school in the town of Kilmallock, in Co Limerick.