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Attorney General examining laws on sexualised AI images amid X backlash
Regulator, Rape Crisis Ireland and civil liberties campaigners criticise generated images using Grok
Government digital wallet could be a PR disaster in the making
Patrick O’Donovan’s proposal around ID verification comes from a good place but could cause problems
‘Stop saying yes’: Over 50 ways you can make your life easier in 2026
From daily tasks to planning for the future, here are 52 ways to make your life easier this year
What happens when a university closes its library?
Greece Letter: As physical books give way to ‘multipurpose spaces,’ students and academics fear the loss of the university’s intellectual heart
‘They’ve all found workarounds’: Irish parents in Australia on the social media ban
‘Is it bad letting the government parent our kids? It’s impossible for us to police it,’ says one mother
Media in 2025: the shadow of Trump hangs over everything
There is a sense of being caught between outdated structures and increasingly unstable new realities
Oversharing on Instagram is narcissistic. Doing it on Facebook is having a meltdown
Are we soon going to reach posting zero, the point at which people stop sharing online? I hope so
Miriam’s Lord’s week: Fianna Fáil election fiasco report bundles Jim Gavin under the bus
Micheál Martin and his team ease back on the contrition and their inept handling of the presidential election campaign
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
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
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
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
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