Links

Links to other relevant media coverage in Ireland:

• The Irish Times: Adolescence: Five Truths about our teenage boys we need to address urgently, article by Eoghan Cleary (March 2025) https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2025/03/22/adolescence-five-truths-about-our-boys-we-need-to-address-urgently/

• Irish Examiner: 'Adolescence' reveals  dangerous consequences of leaving children to their own devices, article by Jennifer Horgan (March 2025) https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41597281.html

• The Irish Times: ‘I had first-years with a WhatsApp group mainly used for porn sharing’, article featuring Eoghan Cleary (Feb 2025) https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2025/02/14/the-tide-is-turning-why-more-parents-are-delaying-access-to-smartphones-for-children-starting-secondary-school/

• Irish Examiner: ‘Big companies are pornifying our children, why are we letting this happen?’, article by Dr. Richard Hogan (Feb 2025) https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41572198.html

• RTE Radio 1: Brendan O’Connor interviews Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation (Jan 2025) https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22485306/

• TheJournal.ie: ‘Beheadings, porn, abuse and anxiety’ article by Eoghan Cleary (June 2024) https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/dangerous-online-use-6405648-Jun2024/

• The Irish Times: ‘Children are not safe anywhere online’, article by Alex Cooney (Sept 2024) https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/09/03/children-are-not-safe-anywhere-online-its-time-to-hit-tech-companies-in-the-bottom-line/

• The Irish Times: ‘Almost a Quarter of 6 year olds have their own smartphone’ article by Alex Cooney (Feb 2024) https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/02/06/majority-of-parents-concerned-about-online-safety-of-their-children-cybersafekids-finds/

• RTE Radio 1: Dr. Brian Barron speaks to Ray D’Arcy about smartphones in schools (Sept 2023) - https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22294706/

• IPPN Magazine, pg 22: Article by Dr. Brian Barron about the first year of the Gen Free Waterford charter (Oct 2024) - https://issuu.com/ippn/docs/issue_134_-_october_2024_epubfinalhighres

• Irish Examiner: ‘A primary school child has no business with a smartphone’ article by Dr. Richard Hogan (Nov 2024) - https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41525444.html

• Irish Examiner: Article about the Gen Free Waterford schools charter (Dec 2023) - https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41294236.html

• Irish Times, Coverage of Gen Free Waterford schools charter (Aug 2023) - https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2023/08/18/you-can-spot-the-children-who-read-books-and-arent-on-screens-waterford-schools-plan-no-smartphone-code-for-pupils/