Emma

[Sandra Adams @AdamsSandr4794]

On @rteliveline I explained I resent paying my TV licence because @rte seems unwilling to investigate serious safeguarding issues like @Education_Ire allowing mixed sex toilets in schools. ZERO risk or impact assessment. This is of national public interest.
Listen from 59.54
https://t.co/Pkc17UAPyD

[Emma @loreto7]

@BirdyBooky @Education_Ire @hcetss @GreystonesColl We are two weeks in at HCETSS. The reports from some of the girls are just heartbreaking. ‘ We have no choice so we have to get used to it’ ‘ what’s the point of complaining we won’t be listened to’ this is forced compliance. Boys telling them ‘it’s not a big deal’ shameful

[Emma @loreto7]

@gerrintaethum @BirdyBooky We as parents were misled by this BOM and no one is owning up to why. Your lack of curiosity about why the school did this is troubling. So is telling a woman to shut up when she’s asking about the safeguarding of children and their rights .

[Sara Haboubi @SaraHaboubi1]

Someone made the decision. And that is a signature somewhere. Building designs get signed off. They don’t just appear.

[Garreth MacNamee @garmacnamee]

Parents at the Educate Together in Harold’s Cross want to know who changed the plans from single sex toilets to unisex and when.
Our coverage today.

[LiLeax @leax_li]

Thanks to you both for writing this and to @irishdailymail for publishing.
It’s much broader than @HCETSS , and it’s not just a few parents who aren’t ok with it.

Other ETs, ETBs, and Community Colleges have done the same with unisex toilets.
@HCETTS is not an isolated story, it’s just one of the few that have made it in to the public domain.
Why were the plans granted permission by the council changed? Who decided to do that? Who approved it? Why? Based on what evidence? Why weren’t students and parents consulted? Where does the buck stop here?

What usually happens, whether concerns are raised privately or make it in the public domain, is that the few that speak can get framed by as random outliers who don’t have all the information. That’s just convenient optics, inaccurate and unfair, simply not true, and is how narratives are maintained while discouraging others from speaking out, and allows schools and @Education_Ire
to avoid answering for their actions.

[Emma @loreto7]

@dommyjonny11 @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky Jon! Ye big eejit. You aren’t even smart enough to go and look at the publicly available teacher list. Could have picked any one of those to try your gotcha moment. Keep going, this is actually entertaining. Thanks Jon.

[Emma @loreto7]

@dommyjonny11 @Quinnobi2 @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky Is it interesting? What’s wrong with you Jon? You know very well I’m not and you know very well you’re just trolling. I won’t be explaining myself or my follow choices to you. As I said before, bugger off, you’re boring the arse off me.

[Emma @loreto7]

@dommyjonny11 @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky No it isn’t and you’re acting the bollocks. Anyone who has a child in an ETS knows very well that the teachers including the principal of the schools are not referred to by their surname. If you actually have an opinion on the actual issue let’s have it. Otherwise bugger off.

[Emma @loreto7]

@dommyjonny11 @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky Who me? I can tell you that none of the teachers are referred to by their surname if that’s a help to you.

[Emma @loreto7]

@Quinnobi2 @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky Cop yourself on would you . Have an opinion if you like but running to that old chestnut has a serious bang of laziness. Very much a parent from the school. I won’t be arsed proving that to you though. Jog on.

[Emma @loreto7]

@SelenaMcGas32z @ali_allon @BirdyBooky @justme13866752 So are you actually saying that one of the reasons for this was to tackle period shame? Or that this is just another fantastic and unexpected benefit of this decision. Were all the girls told that they should be delighted cos they were tackling this problem? Grasping here Selena

[Emma @loreto7]

@SelenaMcGas32z @ali_allon @BirdyBooky @justme13866752 Why did they avoid them exactly ? how has this change in facilities solved the problems? I know of girls who were happy to use them and now they aren’t so here we go again. Some people’s happiness has come at the expense of others.

[Emma @loreto7]

@SelenaMcGas32z @ali_allon @BirdyBooky @justme13866752 Again, not legitimate to you . They are legitimate to others. Why is this so hard to understand? You’re dismissing real worries and concerns. Good for you that you and your mates are fine. Try empathy for those who are not instead of this dismissive tone.

[Emma @loreto7]

@dianamolloyxx @ali_allon @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky sexual harassment and violence against females isn’t something we can get over . In fact there are a few Andrew Tates in the school. One told a girl to ‘know her place’ I’ve seen another one posting Andrew Tate wannabe posts. Look up the CNN report on the ‘how to rape’ site.

[Emma @loreto7]

@dianamolloyxx @ali_allon @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky That’s good that you are fine. It really is and there are of course plenty who are just grand about it. However , there are plenty that are not and their unease and unhappiness must not be dismissed. That is not fair.

[Emma @loreto7]

@Running_inHeels @WomensSpaceIre @justme13866752 @BirdyBooky Agreed. It’s totally bizarre. The ‘be grand’ attitude is insane. Toddling off and ignoring others rights cos it suits what you want is horrendous arrogance. Living in a bubble thinking everyone agrees with you ? You should really not be in a position of authority.

[Emma @loreto7]

@mothwings12 @BirdyBooky It isn’t nonsense. It’s very serious.The school showed plans of these toilets to the students that did not materialise.They railroaded everyone in to this. Maybe they should take some responsibility for this themselves instead of attacking the person who has shone a light on it.