'There's a trust Issue' – Tribunal on Defence Forces bullying begins

“There’s going to be a trust issue there, and people are going to have to take a leap of faith on this."

Several members of the group attended this afternoon's hearing, including the group’s spokeswoman, Diane Byrne, a retired army captain.“The freedom that comes from eliminating that sense of misplaced self-blame or shame that people are feeling, where they have no need to be feeling that, to step out into the light and say, ‘No, I’m sorry, it’s not okay,’” she said.

“There’s going to be a trust issue there, and people are going to have to take a leap of faith on this. "But if enough people take a leap of faith and step forward, not everybody can be penalised for having come forward. “We do understand that what happens behind closed doors is very hard to demonstrate, but now is the opportunity in a very structured process to be able to have your say and know that it’s down on paper that you’re safe.”Close to one third of children feel 'unwelcome' at school

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