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Candidates weigh up future as local elections loom

The next local elections across the country are due to take place in a year’s time, in May 2024, and sitting councillors will likely be deciding in the next few weeks whether to throw their hats in the ring again At last month’s meeting of Mayo ...

02 May 2023 at 09:43

National News

Irish people could soon be paying €13 per month to use Facebook and Instagram ad-free

Tech giant Meta is exploring the implementation of a €13 per month ad-free plan for Instagram and Facebook for European Union members. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), as part of Meta's plan, the company would charge roughly €10 a ...

03 Oct 2023 at 10:57

National News

Strong reactions online to Taoiseach Simon Harris' new social media bio

Social media users have weighed in on their thoughts of new Taoiseach Simon Harris updating his X bio (formerly Twitter) to reflect his new leadership role. X users have reacted to Mr Harris changing his profile to state his new role in ...

10 Apr 2024 at 15:03

Local News

Woke, not asleep

County View John Healy We have, over the last couple of years, been introduced in public debate to an entirely new lexicon of terms to describe changing social mores. One in particular is ‘woke’, a term which this scribe fondly ...

05 May 2022 at 09:38

Local News

Twitter tantrums

EGO EMBARRASSMENT In January, at the height of the post-Christmas Covid-19 crisis, Stephen Donnelly queried why Department of Health tweets weren’t mentioning him more, and requested a comparison with the Department of ...

13 Apr 2021 at 11:00

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We’re facing a real social dilemma

PLAYING TO THE CROWD Youtuber Jake Paul has amassed a huge social media following through his various exploits. The way I see it Ger Flanagan THE weekend before last I went to bed on the Saturday night feeling ...

27 Apr 2021 at 09:00

Local News

The cowardice of online haters

BLASTING OUT BILE Keyboard thugs hide (or think they hide) behind pseudonyms while pouring scorn on others. The Cast Stone Michael Gallagher My parents are extremely sociable people, but they know little or ...

23 Nov 2021 at 11:00

Local News

Smart advice for smart devices

Enda Conway works with one of the world’s biggest advertising agencies Mike Finnerty SINCE the early days of newspapers, radio and television advertising, people have been influenced by media outlets. Our ...

24 Nov 2020 at 10:00

Local News

Learning from the perils of social media

Chloe Moyles and David Hughes have personal experience of the pitfalls of social media Edwin McGreal In different ways Chloe Moyles and David Hughes know how damaging social media can be. Chloe was the ...

24 Nov 2020 at 10:00

Local News

Coping with my addiction

THE RULES Participants must turn off their phone and stay off all social networks from 9pm to 9am every day. Participants should turn off notifications on apps; make more phone calls instead of just ...

24 Nov 2020 at 10:00

Local News

Time, young people and social media

Controlling how much time you spend on social media and your phone is key Edwin McGreal Between them, Niall Dunne and Peadar Gardiner deal with thousands of young people in the county on an annual ...

03 Nov 2020 at 12:08

Local News

Online abuse is a way of silencing people – Chambers

QUESTIONS Lisa Chambers Mayo Senator Lisa Chambers speaks on her own experience of online abuse and its effect on political discourse Anton McNulty If you want to make your way in the world of ...

03 Nov 2020 at 12:07

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