A top Meath GAA club has banned parents of their youngest players from using their mobile phones on the sideline and is urging them to watch their children as they learn a new skill.

The safety record of the Luas is better than last year but distracted people are causing problems.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is finding its way into more and more aspects of our daily lives. It powers the smart assistants on our mobile phones and virtual “home assistants”, writes Ana Beduschi.

Parents are being asked to reduce the amount of screen time their children are having and to become more active.

College students who are allowed access to a phone or tablet in lectures do worse in end-of-term exams, an educational psychology study suggests.

Nearly nine out of ten parents think that mobile phones have replaced sport and activity in their kids’ lives.

The director of a body representing the country’s school principals has said that proposed legislation empowering them to confiscate mobile phones from pupils may be unenforceable and “problematic”.

Access to mobile technology can be both a blessing and a curse. Smart phones are used to make calls, run businesses and organise social lives. But they also raise concerns over their potential impact on our health, society – and education.

Schools must consult with staff, students, and parents about the use of smartphones and digital devices at school, Education Minister Richard Bruton has directed.

We’ve all heard the message “don’t use your smartphone while driving” — but anaesthetists may benefit from a similar message in the operating theatre.

The White House is cracking down on staff using personal mobile phones at work.

Researchers based in Trinity College are to coordinate a project to mass produce scratch and abrasion resistant and anti-reflective surfaces that can be applied on mobile phones, camera lenses, and car components.

A group of 50 gardaí commenced their shifts yesterday for a six-month test period which is likely to lead to a sea change in policing in the coming years.

WITH the latest communications advances comes a problem along with the gains. 

Nokia has unveiled its first flagship Android smartphone - theNokia 8 - as the technology firm attempts to challenge the likes of Samsung and Apple for the first time.

The EU and mobile phone network, 3, are at loggerheads. The European Commission has come out against the company’s attempts to limit its data packages to domestic use only.

Mobile phones are the targets of two thirds of thefts and robberies and one in five of the crimes is taking place in pubs, nightclubs, and restaurants.

A mobile phone may have been a factor in the death of a young man who had been out drinking with friends before his car left the road and flipped over.

Gardaí have been urged to produce a guide for parents on the code being used by their children to hold highly-sexualised interactions with their friends by text or on social media.

Almost 15,000 people were caught using their mobile phones while driving in the first six months of the year.

It’s all ahead of us!

Two people have been charged in the UK with using a drone to carry mobile phones and cannabis into a prison.

The CEO of Early Childhood Ireland has said staff working in pre-and-playschool's do not need to have their mobile phones in their possession - while working in the classroom - during working hours.

Survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory pleaded for help on their mobiles even as rescuers said they feared the death toll of 18 could rise in the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in south Asia.

Roaming charges for using a mobile phone while travelling in the EU are to be capped next year and scrapped from mid-2017.

Revenues at Vodafone Ireland fell in its financial year to the end of March, as the mobile phones and broadband giant faced continuing tough competition.

Irish and American scientists are to receive more than €1m to research new ways to improve the battery life of mobile phones and other portable devices.

Mobile phone roaming charges were due to end this year but that is now unlikely because EU member states say more time is needed.

Nearly 10,000 drivers have been caught holding a mobile phone while at the wheel in the first three months of this year — compared to 28,000 drivers for all of 2013.

SRI LANKA: A British tourist is to be deported from Sri Lanka because of a tattoo of Buddha on her arm.