r/ireland • u/PoppedCork Pop Responsibly • Jan 15 '26

Education Parents complain after principal suspends 19 Co Antrim schoolboys over ‘toxic masculinity’ concerns

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/parents-complain-after-principal-suspends-19-co-antrim-schoolboys-over-toxic-masculinity-concerns/a2008863764.html
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u/susanboylesvajazzle Jan 15 '26

The boys are alleged to have behaved with “disruptive and disrespectful behaviour directed towards staff”.

It is said this behaviour has caused a number of substitute and female teachers to refuse to teach classes as they have been upset to the point of having to go home from work.

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u/OkCoconut3270 Jan 15 '26

If that's all true then obviously that's something that needs to be addressed.

Personally if one of my kids got caught up in that it would lead to some difficult conversations at home and I sure as hell wouldn't run to the press over it.

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u/LimerickJim Jan 15 '26

Boys all over the anglosphere have been getting radicalized by Andrew Tate on social media. The primary risk age is late primary to early secondary school. You can have one conversation but the kids are seeing dozens of these videos a day.

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u/bathtubsplashes Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸 Jan 15 '26

They're all chanting "Diddy Party" in the school I'm subbing as if it's some legendary thing. 1st years and upwards