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Children as young as eight exposed to ‘disturbing and damaging’ online content

Children as young as eight exposed to ‘disturbing and damaging’ online content

Tue, 22 Apr, 2025

Last September, CyberSafeKids published a report revealing that 65% of children aged eight to 12 in Ireland had been contacted by a stranger online.

82 per cent of children have unsupervised access to phones, research shows

82 per cent of children have unsupervised access to phones, research shows

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

28 per cent of the children surveyed reported that they could go online whenever they wanted.

Irish children getting mobile phones at average age of 9, study finds

Irish children getting mobile phones at average age of 9, study finds

Mon, 20 Jan, 2025

The study, which surveyed 522 parents across the country, also found that 42 per cent of parents provide their children with a phone earlier than they would like

Almost a quarter of six-year-olds have their own smartphone, survey finds

Almost a quarter of six-year-olds have their own smartphone, survey finds

Tue, 06 Feb, 2024

Some 45% of 10-year-olds are allowed to use their smartphones in their bedrooms.

Call for stricter social media regulation as teenage girl dies 'after TikTok challenge'

Call for stricter social media regulation as teenage girl dies 'after TikTok challenge'

Thu, 28 Sep, 2023

A 14-year-old girl in Co Clare is understood to have died after inhaling an aerosol substance