Ms Molly Hynes:

While students have great support from teachers and staff members in general, I believe that students feel more comfortable having students for support because they are in the same position. My school has a senior prefect programme which deals with second-year students. My school also has the Meitheal programme, which has leaders comprising sixth-year students who deal with first-year base classes. We organise games at lunchtime so students can become friends. We see students on a weekly basis and we always encourage them to come to us for support if they want to talk about something that is more student related than teacher related.