4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (447+ words) One of the pleasures of working in the media for the past decade has been the growing ease with which our readers can capture images or experiences and share them with us. Reader submissions – facilitated by Contribly software – are now…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (446+ words) Sir, – There is an extremely worrying recent trend emerging on large social media platforms such as TikTok and X. Young teenagers, reportedly between the ages of 11 and 17, are filming themselves driving stolen cars and engaging in very serious behaviour on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (645+ words) The strength of the comments made by Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly in the aftermath of Sunday morning’s fatal crash on the M9 near Moone, Co Kildare, offers an insight into the pressure senior gardaí now face in the battle against joyriding....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (978+ words) registration plate, the cameraman walking to the front of the car and zooming in to show the mangled ignition....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (521+ words) A shocking motorway crash that left five boys dead and four others in hospital raised troubling questions linked by three contemporary concerns: road safety, youth crime and the warping effects of social media. The five boys were in a BMW…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (535+ words) More than half of the states in the US have joined together in an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1766+ words) Kamil Pustkowski (17) from Limerick, one of five teenagers killed in the M9 wrong-way crash in Co Kildare last weekend, was recently diagnosed with autism. He was described by a source as “impulsive and easily led”. One person who had dealings with…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (147+ words) A consensus is building, from gardaí to child psychologists, that the horrific collision on the M9, near Moone, Co Kildare, last Sunday was made possible by the influence of social media. Criminologist Trina O’Connor called the actions of the five teenagers…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (94+ words) Video: Bryan O'Brien Editor: Eoin Ronayne Catch up on Inside Politics on all podcast platforms. Westmeath Rose Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh on her 'amazing' win Video: Niamh Browne Editor: Eoin Ronayne Elegance and craft from a South Korean tailor, with that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1318+ words) Oberstown, the State’s only detention centre for children, near Lusk, north Co Dublin, has been under intense pressure for almost two years. The past fortnight’s events – the crash on the M9 motorway at Moone in Co Kildare that left four people…...