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There's been widespread condemnation of an attack on a teenager in County Meath.

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

09:22 18 May 2023


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Two investigations into an attack on a teenage boy in Co Meath are continuing this morning.

Monaghan. Image shows the back of a Garda jacket. (SourceL

Gardai and the Louth Meath Education and Training Board are probing the assault on the boy in Navan earlier this week.

A video shared of the incident online has been viewed over 5-and-a-half-million times, with Gardai urging people not to share it further.

James O'Higgins of the Anti-Bullying Centre in DCU believes some boys in society have been influenced by aggressive behaviour they watch online.

'There was always a level of performance when guys in schools wanted to assert themselves but now the performance is for a world wide audience.  They're being influenced by the MMA culture, they're being influenced by the Andrew Tate effect out there, that has pushed the type of aggression to a whole new level.'


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