Security, safety, and ethics were the key search terms in Cork yesterday as hundreds of primary and secondary school pupils in 11 schools across the county were given a practical crash course on the potential dangers of the internet.

A Cork secondary school has described a fight between two young female pupils that went viral as “appalling and unacceptable” as three students were suspended last night and more face similar sanctions.

MINISTERS, teachers and fellow pupils stood in awe at stalls yesterday as year-long science projects were unveiled for the first time at the RDS.