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Instagram announces new safety tools to aid protection from online abuse

Instagram has announced safety feature updates it says will help public figures and other high-profile users better protect themselves from abuse, just days after another Premier League footballer revealed he had been racially abused on the platform....

20 Oct 2022 at 16:36

National News

ISPCC says Prime Time report on dangers of TikTok for teenagers shocking but "no surprise"

The Irish Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) have said that the findings of an RTÉ Prime Time report discussing teenagers on TikTok last night was shocking, but also came as "no surprise". Video-sharing platform TikTok has ...

17 Apr 2024 at 10:32

National News

WATCH: HSE outlines drug testing plans at Electric Picnic

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued explanatory videos ahead of their harm reduction drug testing at Electric Picnic. The harm reduction team will have tents at three locations so ‘back of house’ drug testing can take place. The teams ...

27 Aug 2023 at 10:10

National News

Government launches awareness campaign on intimate image abuse

A new awareness campaign highlighting that threatening to share intimate images of another person is a crime is to be launched by the Government. The Serious Consequences campaign – which will run on TV, cinema, local and national radio, and ...

22 May 2023 at 00:01

National News

Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has defended its stance and the pace of its investigations into breaches by social media giants. Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are “becoming old news”. Ireland’s ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:24

National News

MLAs triumph over TDs in gambling awareness match

A team of Northern Ireland MLAs has triumphed over deputies from the Republic’s Dail in a football match to raise awareness about gambling-related harm. The TDs and MLAs were joined by football, rugby and GAA players to unite for The Big ...

12 Sept 2025 at 15:55

Crime & Court

Man gets chance to stay out of prison after one-punch attack in Buncrana

A man who left another man with serious head injuries after a one-punch attack in Buncrana has been given a chance to avoid prison. Sean Breen, who has been charged with a brutal assault on Damian McFadden in 2019, has been given a year ...

18 Dec 2024 at 07:26

Home

Donegal Alcohol Forum launches report

National guidelines on how to deal with people suffering from mental health and substance abuse disorders are needed to provide effective services for treatment, a report commissioned by a Donegal charity has found. To mark the ...

26 Nov 2016 at 12:11

Home

Connecting the dots between alcohol, self-harm and suicide

Breaking the silence around the relationship between alcohol, self-harm and suicide was the focus of this year’s Connecting for Life suicide prevention seminar which was held in the Central Hotel, Donegal town recently as part ...

10 Oct 2019 at 18:41

South Donegal

Ballyshannon gardaí arrest man following serious assault

Gardaí in Ballyshannon arrested a male in his thirties in relation to a serious assault which occurred last year in the Ballyshannon area. The male was arrested on suspicion of Assault Causing Harm on May 6, 2023, and was ...

28 Feb 2024 at 13:08

National News

Change to rape trial counselling notes law is patronising, say campaigners

Therapists and survivors of sexual abuse handed in bags of shredded counselling notes to the Department of Justice on Thursday, describing changes in the laws around the use of such records during trials as “patronising”....

22 Jan 2026 at 15:48

National News

BREAKING: Man hospitalised following major garda standoff with driver barricaded in van blocking road

Gardaí were rushed to the scene of an incident of a busy Sligo town this afternoon which resulted in a lengthy standoff between a man and negotiators. The incident occurred on the Main Street in Collooney, County Sligo ...

22 Oct 2024 at 17:43

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