A new report on children’s use of the internet launched to mark Safer Internet Day 2015 has found that Irish […]
The #Up2Us Anti-Bullying Kit, launched by the Minister for Education on Safer Internet Day 2014, is now available in Irish. […]
A new Net Children Go Mobile report on children’s use of the internet in Ireland from Dr. Brian O’Neill and Thuy Dinh (DIT) was released on Safer Internet Day 2014. It builds on previous research from the EU Kids Online Project into children’s risks and safety online. For this piece of research, 500 children between the ages of 9 and 16 were interviewed in November and December 2013.
A member of the Webwise Youth Advisory Panel, made a short video that poses a question: whether those seen in the video are bullying each other or just having banter.
The Safer Internet Ireland Project is a consortium of industry, education, child welfare and government partners that provide Safer Internet awareness, hotline and helpline functions and activities for the Republic of Ireland.
At the end of January 2013, a new Action Plan On Bullying was launched by Ministers Ruairí Quinn T.D.(Education and Skills) and Frances Fitzgerald T.D.(Children and Youth Affairs). The plan outlines 12 priority actions that can be undertaken by schools and parents in helping to address and tackle bullying in our education system.
Future Voices of Ireland is a Non-Government Organisation that was formed by a group of solicitors in hope that the voices of today’s youth could be listened to and heard by society. Future Voices places an emphasis on young people being able to use their voices to speak up on current changes in law, especially the laws that regard Children’s Rights and the Constitution of Ireland.
Worried about something you have seen online or concerned about your child? Childline and the National Parents Council Primary offer free advice and support service.
Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18.There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.
The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.
Sometimes you might unwittingly stumble across illegal online content like child abuse imagery. Always remember: you can report it and get it removed using Hotline.ie.
Hotline.ie exists to combat the distribution and proliferation of illegal content, like child sexual
abuse content, in conjunction with police and Internet Industry