Liveline With Joe Duffy - Mod Note in OP

In our school most teachers used corporal punishment. I'm talking about early 80s. The mildest of them used the leather. "Six of the best" was three slaps in each hand. They had nick names for their leathers. Some of the lay teachers were just brutal savages. Lots of them never bothered with the leather- it was kicks in the stomach, punches in the face etc. I remember one teacher smashing the fibre glass in a pre-fab by bashing a kid's head against it. One teacher used to make you stand up. He'd step on your toes and then gently push your chest so that you would fall backwards and crash on the floor without being able to arrest your fall. I remember countless episodes that would have them all in prison today. That culture of extreme violence spilt out into the schoolyard. The kids used to beat the crap out of each other all day every day with one or two ending up in hospital.

Genuinely, I think Joe is angling to change the narrative on the schools abuse and get physical abuse included in the upcoming enquiry and redress. JD and RTE will then bask in the glory and show how relevant import and influential they are.

I was listening to CB earlier and there was a promo for liveline on it. They used audio from a very distressed person describing the abuse they suffered. It was absolutely disgraceful way to use that contribution and goes to to show the self serving nature of Liveline for both JD and RTE. Your suffering sells our advertising.

I really want someone to find a recording of Joe joking about corporal punishment in schools or cackling at a joke about it on 'Funny' Friday. Because this all seems so disingenuous that you know that a recording like that exists.

are we going to get any 'Sleepers' type meetings between past pupils and teachers ?

How many more times is he going to repeat the "it's not historic because it's still happening" line?

I'm just back from lunch and he's still revelling in all the people ringing to recount their trauma. Joe you fcuker have we not had enough of this all last week and now more of the same?

There are so many other topics to cover but ye imbeciles wont bother your arses to cover them

Joe trying to talk over the caller mentioning he was beaten at home because that doesn't fit the narrative being covered.

I'm 60, and I have all my teeth, and we weren't rich, so I don't understand how he had no teeth at 12.

Drum stick was a favourite in our school and banging two lads heads together.