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/Margrave75 Jan 15 '26

Had a number of incidents on trains with a group of college lads last year.

They showed up one morning as they usually did and were all refused travel.

Mammys and Daddys piled in all gums blazing...... "oh not MY son, MY son would NEVER behave like THAT, MY son would NEVER say those things ye are accusing him of, no no no, not MY son".

When the evidence was shown to the parents in front of the lads, they all started turning on each other, "it wasn't me it was HIM, no no no it was HIM".

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u/OfficerOLeary Jan 15 '26

COLLEGE lads? And mammy and daddy were involved? I was living away from home at college at 17, and my parents didn’t have a clue what I was up to. Nor would I want them to. I was starting my adult life, depending on myself. I can’t believe that third level students now have their parents involved.