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November 2, 2017
Last Wednesday, 13th April, the Parents’ Association arranged a talk for parents by a company called Bully4You represented on the night by Kevin Deering and Jim Harding. Bully4You is a not-for-profit organisation helping schools, parents and teenagers to understand the deep effects of bullying and cyber bullying in particular. With the advent of modern communications and […]

November 2, 2017
THE number of teenagers using the controversial website ask.fm has dropped dramatically, research has found. A survey by the Irish anti-bullying service Bully4u showed that of the 40% of nine to 12-year-olds that had used the site, only 8% were still using it. It also revealed that of the 45% of 13 and 14-year-olds and […]

November 2, 2017
TO PARENTS they may seem like a bewildering jumble of letters – but these coded messages could provide the first clue that their children are self-harming, being bullied or groomed online, or even driven to suicide. Teenagers and predators alike are using their own language and collection of acronyms on Facebook and other social networking sites to […]

November 2, 2017
There has been a massive drop in the number of Irish teens using the controversial web site ask.fm. It made headlines last year after being linked to the high-profile deaths of Erin Gallagherand Ciara Pugsley. The survey by the Irish anti-bullying service Bully4u.ie showed that of the 40% of nine to 12-year-olds that had used the site, only 8% […]

November 2, 2017
A radical overhaul of legislation around cyberbullying is needed to prevent it spiralling out of control, a leading law expert has claimed. A recent survey by the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals found 16pc of Irish students have experienced bullying online – which is a 33pc increase on last year. Researchers from the […]

November 2, 2017
IRISH parents are becoming more social-media savvy to protect their children but schools need extra funding and training to tackle cyber-bullying, principals have said. A national conference on cyber-bullying at Dublin City University yesterday heard a call for extra resources to combat the problem in schools across Ireland. The event, co-organised by the university’s Anti-Bullying […]

November 2, 2017
This is unbelievably frightening! Irish parents have been warned over a new online ‘death’ game which encourages teens to take their own lives. The game, Blue Whale, which is played on social media, asks participants to follow a set of instructions over 50 days which eventually asks players to kill themselves. While we’ve heard of no reports […]

November 2, 2017
When we give our children a mobile phone, usually it’s because it offers us an easy way to stay in contact with them. We can text them to make sure they’re okay and, god forbid, if something ever happened to them, they would have a way to reach us. But is your child’s mobile phone […]

November 1, 2017
New research has revealed many parents are have no idea what teenagers are getting up to on the internet IS your child safe online? You might think you’re keeping a close eye on their smartphone and computer use, but new research has revealed many parents have no idea what teenagers are getting up to on […]

November 1, 2017
Pictured at a previous ‘Protect Yourself Online’ forum hosted by Dara Murphy TD, Minister for European Affairs were speakers Sinead McSweeney, Twitter, Jim Harding Bully4u, Avril Ronan, Trend Micro, Tony McCarthy, Adapptise, Bill Liao, co-founder Coderdojo and Minister Dara Murphy TD. Photo: John S A public forum on digital privacy, aimed at parents and young […]

November 1, 2017
Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly will host a Cyber-Bullying Forum in Ennis, Co Clare on November 8th, in order to raise awareness and inspire action to prevent online bullying. “Cyber-bullying, or Bullying by social media, is a problem of epidemic proportions affecting mostly young people. It is a very serious challenge for parents, teachers, mental […]

November 1, 2017
Teen Aware, the student-led Good Friday concert that also delivers a range of information and supports for teens, has plans to extend countrywide it was revealed on Monday. The concept was hit on some two and half years ago by transition year students in Tullamore’s Sacred Heart School. The first concert, held in 2011 on […]

November 1, 2017
Photograph: The N.O.R.F.C. under 7’s to 10’s participating in the workshop. As part of our community involvement programme Nenagh Ormond R.F.C. Age-Grade section ran a very successful Anti Bullying Workshop in the clubhouse on Sunday last. The workshop was facilitated by Bully 4u. Our young players found the workshop to be very interesting and informative and […]

November 1, 2017
The number of teens using the controversial website ask.fm has dropped dramatically, research has found. A survey by the Irish anti-bullying service Bully4u showed that of the 40% of nine to 12-year-olds that had used the site, only 8% were still using it. It also revealed that of the 45% of 13 and 14-year-olds and 55% of […]

November 1, 2017
  Kevin O’Leary (not his real name) could hear his strapping 16-year-old son crying in his upstairs bedroom. He never heard sobs like it. That cold January night was when cyber bullying became a very real part of their lives — and still does almost a year later. “I don’t want to be here and […]

November 1, 2017
On Tuesday last, 7th February, 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students attended a work shop facilitated by Kevin Deering and Jim Harding  (Founder and Director of Bully 4u) from Bully 4u. Bully 4u is a national not for profit organisation with an excellent reputation in the provision of anti-bullying services for Primary and Secondary schools in Ireland. Students […]

November 1, 2017
We are delighted to have been selected by Nobullying.com as one of top 100 Anti-Bullying websites from the past year. NoBullying.com are an Anti-Bullying website based in Northern Ireland, aimed at educating, and helping to stop bullying in particular, cyber bullying. The article can be read here

November 1, 2017
Bully 4u have been appointed by The Western Trust in Northern Ireland to provide training on –’Bullying and Self Harm’ for the following categories of western trust staff; Social work and Social care staff from CAMHS, ASD Team, Children’s Disability Programmes and open to other staff in family and childcare: Gateway, FIS, LAC, Adoption and […]

November 1, 2017
Parents should disable their children´s computer webcams to stop paedophiles accessing Image of them, a cyber-bullying expert has warned.