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Cavan County Council backs calls for anti-bullying legislation

Nov 10, 2021 07:28 By News Northern Sound
Cavan County Council backs calls for anti-bullying legislation
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Cavan County Council has lent its support to calls for anti-bullying legislation.

It comes in the wake of the death of Cavan teenager Eden Heaslip by suicide after a period of bullying.

The joint motion was brought before the Council by Shane P O'Reilly and TP O'Reilly.

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The motion called for relevant Ministers and Departments to introduce legislation regarding bullying as a matter of urgency.

Shane P O'Reilly told the meeting that the legislation needs to cover "schools, workplaces, and homes".

He said the recent death of Eden Heaslip by suicide "would break your heart and we have to ensure this does not happen again".

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TP O'Reilly called on councillors "to force this through and find some change to protect victims" from what he called the "epidemic" of bullying.

He added: "Whatever we can do to force this through, we should do it."

Councillor Patricia Walsh said "social media has a big part to play in doing something to tackle this".

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Winston Bennett agreed, and Brendan Fay told the meeting that people "use to be able to go home to avoid bullying and now it follows you home and it's 24/7".

He said he is moved to tear by some of his work with SoSad and added that "we can not sit back anymore and put our heads in the sand".

Meanwhile, Shane P O'Reilly "complimented Minister Heather Humphreys for meeting Eden's family" and Winston Bennett also lent his thanks.

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Elsewhere, Councillor Aiden Fitzpatrick told the meeting that "anything we can do to stop bullying in schools or workplaces is worthwhile".

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