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Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Was quite surprised to read that Enda O Doherty from De La Salle has been made Assistant Principal of the school. The man was a little bully and totally unsuitable to teach young people back in my days there, 2001 or so and I have heard that a lot of parents have made complaints about him picking on students and this is the man who will probably be principal one day. Depressing.

Went to DLS and had O'Doherty for junior cert history...what an awful person. As already said here, he was a nasty bully. He put the fear of God through us but he really picked a few lads who weren't the brightest buttons in the basket and he focused his nastiness on those lads.

Years later when I heard about his washing machine stint I was seething! I heard him on the radio playing the self-pity card...if only the interviewer knew the misery he inflicted on young kids. He failed that climb like he failed at his job...and now he's selling himself as a life coach/endurance athlete/general spoofer. Honestly, I hope the corporate types who employ these sort of people can see through this lad for that he is, a failure and certainly not somebody who should be put in a position to inspire anyone.

https://endaodoherty.ie/ is this the guy a lot of you are referring to.............?

Never knew that the washing ‘machine guy’ was an ex teacher. Based on The clips of him on tv you would be convinced he was a pure ‘gent’…..maybe he ‘turned a corner’ after leaving his teaching vocation…..let’s hope he’s not reading this thread…😡

His web site has a link for ‘booking for events’….maybe you should invite him to speak at your 25/30th anniversary of ‘your class of xxxx’ night out and you could then ambush him and make it a night he will never forget…🤣

Brother Patrick aka "Paddy Track". Used to spin his whistle on its string to make boys run in the passageway between the showers and the dressing rooms at PE in the hope they'd drop their towels. Apparently died from chopping his leg off while using a chainsaw, I hope the chain was as rusty as possible.

yea id say that game is full of folks that are highly narcissistic, disturbing stuff really

what a cnut!

fcuking hell, how do these arseholes just get away with it, then theyre openly encouraged!

Remember had a religion teacher in DLS who you had to stand up once she entered the classroom and when youre named was called on the roll call you had too reply a certain way. If you siad anything else you would get a talking too by her. A right witch

Br Damien was some legend and was always fair

well I have an opportunity to ask him a few questions later today (via Zoom) but I will keep my mouth shut. Anyway, this lad is a grade A spoofer so he should have some self-pity sob story to justify/excuse his behaviour. Remember, with these lads, it's all about them.

yes, well corporate society seem to be hoodwinked a bit about this whole over-correction in what used to be a taboo subject: mental health. It's VHI who are carrying this particular event. I'm all for building endurance and learning to pick yourself up and go again. It's admirable to admit mistakes and get back on the horse. And it's that sort of thing that companies like, that's fine. But what is not fine is to act like a prick to many people in the past and not acknowledge it nor attempt to make amends for it. Instead, this lad cynically uses his problems as a way to cash in...If he really cared about mental health he would be volunteering his time to help others without issuing an invoice.

unfortunately such behavior can have serious long lasting negative effects on some, leading to all sorts of highly complex social and psychological problems, at that age, people tend to be extremely vulnerable to such treatment, it can lead to life long self esteem issues, so standing up to such perpetrators effectively becomes impossible. you d have to wonder what goes through the minds of people who have been on the receiving end of such behavior, and then sees their perpetrator seemly motoring on in life, and being effectively rewarded for their behavior! this is where we come up, we sometimes must or should at least, stand up for them, they need to be called out on it...

thats actually not exactly true, union membership has been falling in most advanced counties for decades now, as is the case here to, but not as much as other countries, ive witnessed and experienced bulling in the workplace, including in unionised places, you d be surprised how bad it can be, ive heard this from many others, in both the public and private sectors

Never had him in DLS

Not condoning any of his actions posted here but maybe through his recovery he has confronted his past issues ie anger and feels ashamed of it

Been a teacher means he would my thought a load of students and can easily sweep under the carpet to an extend

As I siad I don't know him or had any contact with him in DLS

In my experience people very rarely change. I went to school in DLS with a couple of right absolute prize **** in my Leaving Cert years and I saw a couple of them over the years. One of them is now a principal of a secondary school and I nearly fell over when I saw him on LinkedIn saying he was responsible for safeguarding dozens of teenagers. He was a horrible bully at 17, used to really strut around saying horrible comments to the lads to prove how "tough" he was, a real nasty guy and here he is now as a principal, I wouldnt have any of my kids near him. A few other lads Ive seen here and there over the years and they seem just as big mouthpieces as they were as teenagers, depressing to see. I know some people do change as life humbles them but there are plenty of people who are just as much cnuts in their 30s or 40s as they were at 16/17. Marriage, kids, travel etc didnt change them a jot and their character remains.

Thats how I feel about O Doherty too. Look at the subject matter- wellness and mental health, Unregulated where every chancer with a fast tongue and a single read of 'The Power of Now' is suddenly an expert in how to make your life fantastic and will offer a heap of easy answers for an exorbitant fee. Laughably simplistic but a staggering number of people will hand over money and fall for it. Im actually surprised he didnt get a few digs from parents over the years, you dont pick on that many lads without meeting the wrong mother/father one day.