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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

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

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

‘I see a power shift from Ireland to the Middle East’: How tech workers see Ireland

We asked three workers in Ireland’s technology sector to share their views on the country – its past, present and future

Ireland can’t credibly regulate AI while also living off Big Tech’s taxes

We missed the chance to shape social media before it shaped us – with AI there will be no second bite of the cherry

Social media pressure and fake videos undermining democracy, Taoiseach says

Challenges particularly difficult for women, Taoiseach says, after Gráinne Seoige described election regret

Government department fights move to clamp down on online fraud

Enterprise wary of upsetting social media giants by asked them to verify promoters of investment products on their platforms

Mental health experts on burnout, therapy and the ‘medicalisation of mild anxiety’ in Ireland

The Professionals is a series of articles in which people from one field share their views of Ireland today

Kathryn Thomas: ‘I was 21 and on TV, in a bikini, not having to deal with toxic scrutiny’

The broadcaster on getting her start, navigating her career and starting her new podcast

‘Tis the season to be scammed: shoppers fall for rogue websites

Buying online via social media links to products have the highest incidence of fraud with 42% of users reporting they lost money

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