‘If you’re doing it, we will know about it’: How Revenue is watching Ireland’s influencers
The latest guidance from Revenue makes it clear that all social media income-generating activity is taxable
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‘I made a bad decision’: Woman in Coldplay viral concert video speaks out
Kristin Cabot: ‘I want my kids to know you can make mistakes.. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them’
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
TikTok is wrong about gout: it isn’t about indulgence and excess
Creators on the video platform consistently underplayed the extent to which the disease is caused by underlying factors and genetics
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
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
Politicians are bad at the internet. Just look at Simon Harris’s TikTok
Keir Starmer’s new Substack only proves the point
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
‘The power is with us’: Smartphone-free parenting movement takes off in Ireland
‘Balance’ phones, voice-messaging device and landlines are part of the equipment used by parents in Smartphone Free Childhood Ireland
Social media ban: Irish parents in Australia - what is your experience?
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Reddit will need to deactivate all accounts for under 16s from December 10th
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
TikTok and LinkedIn under investigation by Coimisiún na Meán
Concerns raised if platforms allow people to report suspected child sexual abuse material anonymously as required by law
Irish band Florence Road among artists on BBC’s Sound of 2026
The group performed a sell-out show in the Academy in Dublin on Sunday night
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
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
How AI and social media contribute to ‘brain rot’
Academic studies found that people who rely heavily on AI for tasks like writing generally perform worse than those who don’t
EU launches ‘Democracy Shield’ to fight disinformation and interference online
Michael McGrath says initiative aims to safeguard fairness of elections and counter foreign information manipulation
An early start and ‘humanising’ keepie-uppies: how Catherine Connolly thrived on social media
Going viral can help a candidate reach the masses but deepfake videos are ‘a threat to democracy’, expert says
‘Absolute violence and worse is the only thing that should happen’: How social media drove the Citywest riots
Far-right agitators, retweeted by prominent international figures including billionaire Elon Musk, used social media networks to foment anger
Social media platforms need to be ‘accountable’ for scam adverts, PayPal says
Payments giant backs Government proposal to crack down on ads linked to fraud schemes
Carl Kinsella on living with OCD: ‘It’s like having a puppet regime installed in your head’
The columnist and author on relating more to Generation X than his own age group, taking extended breaks from everyday life, and his existential dread of tech billionaires
Three Ireland in deal for new headquarters in Dublin docklands
Mobile operator in talks to take over entire office building left vacant by TikTok
Connolly keepie-uppies, Humphreys’s ‘quality videos’: The presidential social media battle
In online battle for support, Catherine Connolly is beating Heather Humphreys
DPC order will cost TikTok $3bn in losses, court told
Social media giant challenging decision over transfer of EU user data to China
Deletion of Jim Gavin ads shows we can’t rely on big tech for democratic architecture
Campaign history will be wiped out as providers of digital political ads press delete on their archives
‘Apprentices are earning over €50,000’: Why more school leavers are turning to trades
Snobbery over apprenticeships is fading with the housing and cost of living crises making them more appealing
The Irish parents using social media to earn a living and how it affects family life
‘It’s up and down all the time, which is not very stable compared to somebody that’s on a salary’
Jim Gavin won’t be the last victim of a smear campaign. When will platforms act?
Allegations about the presidential candidate received thousands of comments and nearly a million views, as platforms did little to stop the spread
Trump signs order declaring TikTok sale ready with value of $14bn
‘This is going to be American-operated all the way,’ says US president
‘We’re still talking past each other’: US congressmen make rare visit to China
First congressional delegation to Beijing since 2019 calls for military dialogue as Trump and Xi plan to meet
Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to meet in South Korea next month
US president plans to go to China next year amid trade tension between the two superpowers
Tech titan Larry Ellison: ‘No one else has prospered in Silicon Valley for 50 years’
At 81, Oracle’s co-founder has reinvented himself as a power in AI to become (briefly) the richest person in the world
Tigh TikTok and the ‘Slurry King’: teenage clicks at the National Ploughing Championships
Eoin Lynch (18) has been enjoying fame since a video proclaiming his love for slurry went viral last year
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