Mother of suicide teen calls for school-bullying law [Independent.ie]
- Published: 28 April 2011
THE mother of a young girl who took her own life after a vicious campaign of abuse against her has urged the Government to introduce tough legislation to tackle bullying in schools. Leanne Wolfe from Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, suffered six years of constant bullying by a gang of girls up to her death, just two weeks after her 18th birthday on March 23, 2007.
Yesterday, her frustrated mother Colette Wolfe warned that other children were still at risk because the Government had failed to clamp down on bullies. She said authorities were not taking the issue seriously enough, unlike in the US. Following the tragic death of Phoebe Prince in Massachusetts last year, action was immediately taken and charges brought against six of Phoebe's classmates.
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