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The father of the Irish teen who took her own life after facing persistent bullying in a Massachusetts school, has hit out at the "endemic" problem, during a Dublin conference.
County Clare man Jeremy Prince, whose 15-year-old daughter Phoebe killed herself after being plagued by bullies in a western Massachusetts high school in 2010, was speaking at the National Anti-Bullying Coalition's Safe Schools program.
A new "safe schools" program is being rolled out across Irish schools, but according to Mr. Prince, if it had been previously adopted in the U.S., his daughter might still be alive.
Speaking of the West Hadley school's actions in the lead up to his daughter's death, he said: "They didn't want to know, which meant the bullies were able to get away with it, and did, until these drastic things happened. Obviously, the sense of loss will never go away but there is also the sense of the future, because I have another little girl to look after. Looking after her is obviously a vital role and means
everything to me."
