Digital dangers

THE advice we give our children on e-safety is completely out of date.

So says British-based Adrienne Katz, author of Cyberbullying and E-Safety and director of the Bullying Intervention Group, who believes current approaches do not protect youngster from the dangers of the digital highway.

The anti-bullying consultant’s comments are timely — in September, Leitrim 15-year-old Ciara Pugsley killed herself after being subjected to online bullying. Similar abuse drove Erin Gallagher, 13, from Donegal, to take her life in October.