Children as young as 8 are beginning to experience bullying via text and online messages.
That's according to a leading expert in online bullying, who says primary schools need to act quickly to educate and inform young children on the advantages and dangers of interacting with the peers online.
Although Facebook has set an age-limit of 13 to use their site, there are currently no features in place to stop a young child lying on their online application.
Marion Flanagan, an Anti-Bullying tutor in Trinity College Dublin, says social media is a tool which needs to be understood and controlled:
