Students from Nenagh College have been actively involved in the “choose respect” campaign, which was conceived by Marney O Regan and Denis Finnerty in the wake of Aisling Murphy’s death last year. Over the past year, members of the Student Council have met and held group discussions with students from the CBS and local representatives.
Ms O Keeffe (SPHE co-ordinator) received training from Professor Louise Crowley of UCC on the Bystander Intervention Programme last May, this programme allows students the space and time to reflect and discuss issues of safety and behaviours which have become normalised in our society. Students will gain the knowledge of how to intervene to keep others safe, while at the same time keeping themselves safe.
RTE News visited Nenagh College on Monday to find out about students views on the Bystander Intervention Programme. It was broadcast on Wednesday 9th November on the six one news and on news2day on RTE 2.
Ava Delaney (Chairperson), Emma Gleeson, Tadhg Creagh were interviewed by Cathy Halloran. Laura Corish, Juliette Kerin, Brian O Connor, Callum Delahunty and Darragh Corish also attended the discussion.
Over the coming months students will continue to work on the “choose respect” social media campaign in collaboration with local representatives and the CBS.
