Here's how this Cork school got teens to give up their phones

Jennifer Horgan finds out about a school initiative where teenagers voluntarily give up their smartphones

Transition year pupils Aaron Ó hAinlí , Adam Ó Floinn and Ewan Mac Madáin using the new PhoneAwayBox for pupils at Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin. Pictures: Dan Linehan

A typical child of the Eighties, I happily rolled around the back of my father’s car with my three siblings, not one seatbelt between us. It seems mad now, but my children will probably review my own parenting style with similar horror.

That future horror might relate to their (far too open) access to technology.