Episode 10 - Sticks & Stones
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Nicole 'Coco' Fox-Fenton from Ireland was a bubbly, lively young lady. She'd made a new group of friends and started going clubbing with them. At first, they had fun. But soon, the girls turned on Coco and turned her life into a living hell, which would have devastating consequences, but ultimately go on to be the genesis for a campaign to try change a relic of a law in Ireland... Voices: Narrator – SuZe Dara Quigley – Anonymous Irish friend President Michael Higgins – Stewart Gibson Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com Youtube Sound Effects Music: Possession by Purple Planet All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources: ·       'My beautiful Nicole (21) took her own life because of cruel bullies' - heartbroken mother - https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/my-beautiful-nicole-21-took-her-own-life-because-of-cruel-bullies-heartbroken-mother-36532622.html ·       Coco’s Law: ‘Huge bittersweet moment’ as legislation against online bullying signed into law - https://www.newstalk.com/news/cocos-law-online-bullying-1128089 ·       Newstalk – 17th December 2020 - https://www.facebook.com/newstalkfm/posts/10160370875512907 ·       Intersectional feminism: what it means and why it matters right now - https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/6/explainer-intersectional-feminism-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters ·       Pornography Site - https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21484562 ·       Irishwoman who had her Facebook pictures stolen and used on porn site calls for new laws against cyber crime - https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/irishwoman-who-facebook-pictures-stolen-13804995 ·       Coco’s Story - https://www.alustforlife.com/videos/cocos-story ·       Politicians turn deaf ear to mother who lost child to suicide - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/politicians-turn-deaf-ear-to-mother-who-lost-child-to-suicide-1.3665585 ·       Nicole Fox Fenlon’s mum gets government support for tough cyber bullying law - https://evoke.ie/2020/09/17/extra/nicole-fox-fenlons-mum-gets-government-support-for-tough-cyber-bullying-law ·       Coco's Law - https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/cocos-law-nicoles-tragic-story-19429323 ·       Cyberbullying rates for Irish children among highest in EU – expert - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/cyberbullying-rates-for-irish-children-among-highest-in-eu-expert-1.4402258 ·       Coco's Law - https://www.labour.ie/cocoslaw/ ·       Mother 'absolutely devastated' over failure to name legislation 'Coco's Law' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6parrYHB6CU ·       'OVERWHELMING GRIEF' – https://www.thesun.ie/news/985924/mum-tells-of-heartbreak-of-daughter-who-took-her-own-life-after-nude-footage-allegedly-filmed-by-a-garda-leaked-online/. ·       'Dara wasn't a victim, she opened up my world' –  https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/dara-wasnt-a-victim-she-opened-up-my-world-brother-of-tragic-activist-dara-quigley-pays-tribute-at-vigil-35709285.html ·       'Sleep well, starling' – https://www.thejournal.ie/dara-quigley-vigil-3387145-May2017/ ·       'Deplorable and revolting' – https://www.thejournal.ie/dara-quigley-dail-3384651-May2017/ ·       Garda who filmed tragic journalist Dara Quigley to avoid prosecution – https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-who-filmed-tragic-journalist-dara-quigley-to-avoid-prosecution-37184945.html ·       Garda who shared video of mentally ill woman will not face charges – https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda-who-shared-video-of-mentally-ill-woman-will-not-face-charges-1.3588773 ·       'I felt that I
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