The cyberbullying forum held in Limerick yesterday hasn’t come a moment too soon.

It doesn’t seem that long ago when we in Ireland were known as “The Young Europeans”.

As an island nation on the remote western periphery of Europe, modern Ireland has always depended on tourism as a central plank of the economy.

One of the benefits of being an island in the Atlantic is that Ireland produces some of the best food in the world.

The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due out tomorrow.

Arthur’s Day will be celebrated today.

From the air, it looks a bit like the biggest rock concert ever — 700 acres of stalls, tents, stands, enclosures, and amazing machinery that could easily pass for a U2 set-up.

The past five years have been gruelling for local and national charities scrambling to maintain services while trying not to add to the burden on contributors who are themselves enduring difficult economic times.

It may not surprise anyone who has experienced the cold wind of Ireland’s austerity regime that 91% of employees are stressed over the state of their finances and worry constantly about how to get by.

Those of a certain age are inclined to demonise the ‘young people of today’ and compare them unfavourably with older generations. If so, they might instead consider a respectful silence while they absorb a report which shows that, far from being hell-raisers, youngsters nowadays are better behaved than their forebears.