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Factsheet
Bullying figures for schools
43% of primary school children but teachers believe the real
perceived they had been bullied (NI) figure is much higher than that.
(BBC NI News 14/11/11)
31% of primary school children
perceived they had been bullied (ROI)
17% of Year 9 pupils surveyed in
2011 had experienced cyber bullying
In 2009, 40% of Irish
teenagers reported they had
suffered from cyber-bullying
(Microsoft survey, 2009)
Bullying in the Workplace
The highest rates of bullying occur in education, public administration,
health and social work and transport and communications, with between
12% and 14% of workers bullied. Generally, the rate of bullying in the public
sector is higher than in the private sector. (ESRI, Bullying in the Workplace:
Survey Reports, 2007)
Sexual
Orientation
Under Irish and Northern Irish law,
Gay and lesbian couples are not
entitled to marry. They have a lesser
form of contract – civil partnership.
Older people
often suffer from isolation
within the community. Some
schools have run very successful
intergenerational projects. For
example, students have taught
older people computer skills, or
older people have taught knitting
to students. These projects have
provided an opportunity for
older and young people to share
skills and experiences and to
get to know each other through
working together.
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