Not long after writing about the ridiculous ‘Stand Up Awareness Week’ that sees schools across Ireland draped in the pride flag in the name of the anti-bullying effort, the Department of Education’s ‘action plans on bullying’ were brought to my attention as potentially having opened the door to such things as Stand Up week in the nation’s schools.
The latest action plan is powerfully-titled Cineáltas (‘Kindness’) and launched in December 2022. After having a look through it, it’s become clear that modern Ireland’s anti-bullying efforts have evaded the scrutiny they should have received, and that that’s been the case for some time now.
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