In the Media - Pieces that have appeared in the media concerning corporal punishment/physical abuse in Irish schools

21 Jan

Written By Eoin Costello

Pieces that have appeared in the media concerning corporal punishment/physical abuse in Irish schools

Corporal punishment leaves legacy of terror with victims - https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/1030/1478277-corporal-punishment/

Catherine Drea: Through the eyes of a child - https://www.waterford-news.ie/opinion/catherine-drea-through-the-eyes-of-a-child_arid-33028.html?s=03

‘She slapped me so hard in the face she knocked me out’: Corporal punishment in Irish schools – The Irish Times - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2023/01/07/she-slapped-me-so-hard-in-the-face-she-knocked-me-out-corporal-punishment-in-irish-schools/

Abuse in girls’ schools: ‘She beat the crap out of me for being cheeky. I was eight’ – The Irish Times - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2022/12/17/abuse-in-girls-schools-she-beat-the-crap-out-of-me-for-being-cheeky-i-was-eight/

Addressing Historical Injustice: Reforming Ireland's Statute of Limitations for Survivors of School Physical Abuse

Why this matters now - What changed for me on the 40th anniversary of the 1982 ban