Online and in the shops

Safety online: To mark Safer Internet Day, Trend Micro is hosting an Internet Safety Ambassador programme, for parents, schools and community groups, at its EMEA headquarters in Bishopstown, Cork.

The programme encourages positive use of the internet, and outlines potential issues relating to digital privacy, as children grow up online.

“Our training programmes help parents to feel more informed, so they can begin to take those first steps at home, discussing the digital world with their children,” said Avril Ronan, of Trend Micro.

To find out more or register your interest, email [e-mail] . More information on What’s Your Story?, Trend Micro’s internet safety video for schools, and on the Be-smart internet safety programme, can be found at www.trendmicro.ie

Baby gifts: Boots has special offers in pharmacies and online for its ‘baby’ event, which runs until March 3. Offers include ‘three for two’ on selected Fisher Price toys and ‘buy one, get one half- price’ on the Mini Club spring/summer clothing collection.

There’s also a ‘buy one get the second half-price’ on all Boots-brand baby snacks and drinks, and ‘two for four’ on Boots baby skincare; www.boots.ie

Final destination: To celebrate Monopoly’s 80th anniversary, Hasbro and social news website, BuzzFeed, are asking fans to choose which cities will be featured as property spaces in the new Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition, which will be launched in the autumn.

Dublin and Belfast are included in a list of 80 destinations competing for the Mayfair and Park Lane spots and fans have until midnight on Wednesday next, March 4, to vote.

From March 3 until March 9, fans can vote for their choice of destination for the Old Kent Road and Whitechapel Road spots. The final list will be announced on March 19, World Monopoly Day, and voting is at www.VoteMONOPOLY.com

Licking cancer: On Lollipop Day, watch for volunteers selling lollipops to raise funds for oesophageal cancer. Ireland has one of the highest rates of this cancer in Europe.

Join the Dublin Gospel Choir outside Arnott’s, Henry St, in Dublin, at lunchtime today, or at Dunnes, Grafton St, tomorrow. Buy a lollipop or pin from volunteers or pharmacies, or log on to www.lollipopday.ie  to donate.