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    child mental health
    Beheadings, porn, abuse and anxiety: A teacher talks to his students about their smartphone use
    Eoghan Cleary
    Updated 11 Jun 2024
    Cyber Safety
    Nearly one in three parents concerned about risk of child being groomed online
    6 Feb 2024
    25
    book extract
    Author: 'There is a magic to literary translation, it matters'
    Carolina Schutti
    4 Nov 2023
    2
    Social capital
    Extract: 'Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover shows we badly need a new future for social media'
    Aoife Barry
    Updated 21 Apr 2023
    26
    Medicine
    Almost 1 million doses of illegal and counterfeit medicine seized by HPRA in 2022
    29 Mar 2023
    6
    Iran
    US moves to help Iranians access internet as protesters continue to rally after woman’s death
    23 Sep 2022
    7
    TheJournal.ie
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    PodcastThe Explainer
    The Explainer: Is the internet bad for our brains?
    Listen here to find out from cyberpsychology researcher and lecturer Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton.
    26m
    Internet
    Thousands knocked offline in Europe in apparent cyber attack
    4 Mar 2022
    12
    Volcano
    Tonga’s internet finally restored five weeks after volcanic eruption and tsunami
    23 Feb 2022
    5
    the good information project
    Open Thread: How would you 'fix' the internet?
    7 Feb 2022
    29
    Off and Back On
    Explainer: Some of the world's best known websites went down today - why?
    8 Jun 2021
    4
    outages
    Major media and government websites live again after outage across several countries
    Updated 8 Jun 2021
    13
    blog but not forgotten
    Trump pulls his own blog from the internet after 29 days
    3 Jun 2021
    72
    Internet
    Increasing majority of children aged 8-12 use social media, according to new survey
    9 Feb 2021
    7
    Videos
    YouTube suspends Trump’s account due to concerns about 'ongoing potential for violence'
    13 Jan 2021
    141
    digital literacy
    Opinion: 'The children I meet are often shattered by their social media use'
    Stella O'Malley
    26 Feb 2020
    6
    internet of everything
    From 'two TV' households to ubiquitous smartphones: How Irish media habits have changed this decade
    28 Dec 2019
    8
    rural broadband
    Government spends more than €25m on consultancy fees for National Broadband Plan
    24 Aug 2019
    52
    no internet
    Three promises to refund customers after credit is taken from accounts
    7 Aug 2019
    53
    jobs for the lads
    The group behind entertainment site LADBible is opening an Irish hub
    3 Jun 2019
    7
    internet in mourning
    Online celebrity Grumpy Cat dies aged 7
    17 May 2019
    28
    Your Say
    Poll: Should the government spend €3bn on the National Broadband Plan?
    7 May 2019
    154
    Your Say
    Poll: Do you use the same password for all your online accounts?
    27 Apr 2019
    62
    WiFi
    Government set to decide whether to sign off on €3bn National Broadband Plan
    26 Apr 2019
    105
    Reddit
    Victim of 'Irish Sluts' Reddit page says she felt 'physically sick' when she saw her photos online
    10 Feb 2019
    103
    operation ketch
    Addresses in 11 counties searched as part of investigation into child sexual abuse images
    5 Feb 2019
    Cyber Safety
    80% of 8 to 10-year-olds own a device capable of accessing the internet, and 40% are talking to strangers online
    5 Feb 2019
    31
    Cybersecurity
    Vietnam criticised for new law cracking down on anti-State content online
    2 Jan 2019
    22
    Cyber Safety
    32% of Irish children are talking to strangers online every week
    10 Sep 2018
    21
    Explainer
    The department claims it remains on track but what's happening with the National Broadband Plan?
    Updated 30 Jul 2018
    44
    Extradition
    Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom suffers setback in his fight against extradition to the US
    5 Jul 2018
    16
    Star
    'I'm watching her games on the internet... We'll be texting each other'
    5 Jun 2018
    0
    Pitch perfect
    Yanny or Laurel? What do you hear in the internet's latest mind-melting debate
    16 May 2018
    41
    Your Say
    Poll: Do you agree with someone sharing photos of their children online?
    6 May 2018
    77
    be in ctrl
    With 'vulnerable' children contacting strangers, government launches 'internet safety resource' for schools
    6 Feb 2018
    31
    operation ketch
    Child porn: Gardaí seize 'tens of thousands' of images in 31 searches
    5 Feb 2018
    42
    Smartphones
    Varadkar says children need to be protected from predators online
    31 Jan 2018
    69
    Internet
    The National Broadband Plan hangs in the balance as Eir 'reluctantly' quits the project
    31 Jan 2018
    93
    Gimme Dem Clicks
    Buzzfeed has joined forces with a massive Beijing firm to bring its content to China
    28 Jan 2018
    3
    Internet Safety
    Denis Naughten says banning children from the internet 'isn't practical'
    25 Jan 2018
    49
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