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Don’t blame Gen Z, ‘financial flexing’ is nothing new
Social media has only increased the pressure to flaunt spending, but there is an alternative
‘You violated our family’: Simon Harris tells of fear caused by threats to family
Tánaiste’s victim-impact statement submitted to court as woman jailed for threatening online messages
Teenagers using AI to create deep fakes of classmates, committee hears
Artificial intelligence is compounding the pressure many teenagers face, says psychologist
Phones are here to stay – but so are cars, and we don’t let 11-year-olds drive
We may be overprotecting our children in the real world while leaving them exposed to online threats
Online child safety could prove a major test for EU in battle with Trump
Anyone expecting a social media ban for Irish teenagers will be waiting and it’s not because we are bad parents
Tourists providing five years of social media before entering US is ‘unworkable’, says Taoiseach
Proposed rules would affect people from Ireland travelling to the US on an Esta
It’s time to ban the toxic teen popularity counter
Now that the Australian social media ban is here, surveys that suggested 80% of parents supported it in theory are beginning to look wildly optimistic
Miriam Lord’s week: Labour still first among equals as SocDems are outvoted
Government sides with Labour in row over Leaders’ Questions pecking order
Matt Williams: This is not a game – Ireland must match Australia and stand up for children
Across the world young people’s health is being damaged by a scourge that is luring them away from sport and other invigorating pursuits. It’s time to tackle it
Will Australia’s social media ban for children come to Ireland?
The Irish Government is developing a digital wallet as an age verification tool amid online safety push
Reddit launches high court challenge to Australia’s under-16s social media ban
Company argues law forces intrusive verification and isolates teens from online communities
Europe’s failure to agree online child protection laws a ‘collective shame’, says Minister
Social media ban on under-16s a ‘sticking plaster on gaping wound’, Dáil hears
Social media ban for children aged under 16 begins in Australia
Prime minister Anthony Albanese says implementation will be difficult as teens post farewell messages
We already had a perfectly good term for ‘rage bait’ – it’s hate speech
Look at the tech bros lined up at Donald Trump’s inauguration: their cumulative wealth has increased from $40 billion to $1 trillion in 13 years
Age classifications on websites and apps could be introduced under online safety reform plans
Online safety taskforce was set up in recognition of social media’s harm to children’s physical and mental health
Judge’s concern over children’s access to internet after hearing teen abused young sister
Boy had been given a tablet computer when he was aged just five, Central Criminal Court is told
Tech firms would be ‘foolhardy’ to push back on online safety rules for children, Minister says
Patrick O’Donovan is to brief the Cabinet on plans to introduce a ‘digital wallet’ pilot programme to verify the age of social media users
A grand social media experiment begins in Australia. Will it work?
The country is trying to wean children under 16 off TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. Teenagers are sceptical
‘Rage bait’ is an apt word of the year for 2025. Anger can be good
Social media encourages a kind of roleplaying of rage that is mostly futile and impotent
New digital wallet to be tested within months to restrict social media access in Ireland for under-16s
Attorney General is to advise on proposed age verification system but senior Government figures stop short of backing Australia-style ban
Social workers fear increasing numbers of young people are being drawn to anti-immigrant violence
Racist attitudes have solidified, driven by social media and prominent far-right campaigners in the local community
Could Ireland follow Australia and ban under-16s from social media?
Parents and schools are working together to impose community-wide bans on smartphones until their children reach certain ages
Time for social media stars to grow up when it comes to tax
Revenue only names people with serious tax debts who have ignored several opportunities to get their affairs in order
Social media use grows overall but young people retreat, CSO shows
The use of internet banking is also increasingly common among people aged over 75
After the Hong Kong fire, Beijing confronts a grief it can’t easily police
Thousands queue to mourn victims, highlighting tensions between public grief and Beijing’s strict controls on dissent
Plan to verify ages of children using social media in Ireland to be considered by Cabinet
Instagram and Facebook start closing accounts of young people in Australia believed to be under 16 following ban
OnlyFans creators earning up to €200,000 ‘fear for personal safety’ if named on tax defaulters’ list
Social media figures risk having home address published if they appear on list published every three months
Spending four-plus hours a day on social media affecting teens’ mental health – study
RCSI survey finds ‘strong’ link between high social media use and poor mental health among 15-16 year olds
Influencer Niamh Cullen pays tribute to husband who died aged 33
Couple married a year ago in Italy but Jamie Gill began cancer treatment soon after
Aimee Connolly: ‘I’m not ready to sell – I want to be a top 10 global beauty brand’
The founder of Sculpted by Aimee is leading the Irish beauty boom, but scaling a global brand means bigger ambitions and bigger scrutiny
Man caught with almost 1.5 million images of child sexual abuse jailed for 27 months
Stephen Byrne (26), with an address in Terenure, began accessing images as a 13-year-old
Children watched Charlie Kirk’s death online and see pornography daily, committee told
‘We know kids as young as eight or nine are seeing pornography, violent pornography, on a daily basis,’ says TD
Profits at Facebook parent Meta Ireland surge 57% to €2.9bn
Staff numbers down by 20% with employees averaging €147,959 in salary before share-based pay and other benefits
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