C&S Blue Demons will face the might of Killester this afternoon in the first semi final of the Senior Men’s National Cup at Neptune Stadium.

 

February 10th marks Safer Internet Day, a day dedicated to improving awareness and improving online safety for children and families.

Protecting children online is now more difficult than ever due to the rise in popularity of photo-sharing apps, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Controversial website Ask.fm has appointed an international team of safety advisers, including an Irish expert, in its latest bid to rescue the social media company’s reputation.

Teens across Europe are becoming more exposed to dangerous websites and cyberbullying, but young Irish people are taking fewer risks than others.

An early-stage Dublin-based nanotechnology firm has secured €750,000 in seed funding from a consortium including Enterprise Ireland.

A website for parents aims to help them become web savvy at a time of rising cyberbullying and new online challenges faced by their children.

The responses of social networking sites to bullying or other damaging online material about children needs to be improved, a key internet safety adviser to the Government and the EU has said.

Online abuse and harassment will be made an offence under laws to crack down on bullying and harassment.

Children are getting around online access restrictions by lying about their age to access social networks or other websites, a survey suggests.

Second-level principals have welcomed the idea of schools being obliged to teach dedicated cyberbullying classes to all students.

The Government, via Enterprise Ireland, has launched a €500,000 fund aimed at stimulating start-up growth in the aviation and manufacturing sectors.

Teenagers’ exposure to harmful online material has doubled in just two years as youngsters spending more time on the web and have their own social networking profiles before even reaching their teens.

One in 12 Irish children are at risk of online exposure to sexual material or pornography, research has found.

The extent of cyberbullying is felt more by Irish children than others in Europe, with almost one in four here having been bullied either online or offline in the past year.

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A woman today denied getting into a hotel bed voluntarily with two footballers, including the son of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

Spreadbetting firm MarketSpreads recorded a pre-tax loss of €709,213 in 2010 after making a €1m provision against the firm recovering debts owed by two former executive directors who diverted funds to another business.

After a magnificent victory away to Leinster last week, Munster will be confident they can claim the Junior Interprovincial crown with two home games remaining against their other rivals.

Marketspreads — the spread-betting firm suspended from trading by the Central Bank last week — has been allowed release cash to clients.

Irish spread-betting firm Marketspreads has been ordered to cease trading by the Central Bank due to concern for clients’ accounts.

Conor Foley has stood down as chief executive of international spread-betting firm Worldspreads with immediate effect and has resigned from the board of the company he co-founded 12 years ago.

THOUSANDS of jobs are to be created in the microelectronics industry.

DOWN side Newry Shamrocks got their Féile na nGael Division Two campaign off to a fine start as they won both of their Group C games at the Glen Field yesterday afternoon.

THE father of the late 21-year-old Ennis man Eoin Ryan has said there are no words to describe the hurt the family is going through.

AN increasing number of pre-teens are creating a dangerous world on the internet where they often contact people they have no connection with and post personal information including their address, phone number and school.

DESPITE Irish parents being among the strictest in the EU in supervising their children’s use of the internet, 10% of 11 to 16-year-olds received sexual messages online but less than a quarter of their parents knew about it.

FOUR out of 10 young Irish people who use the internet report symptoms of a mild form of addiction – a much higher number than in most other European countries.

IRISH children are among the safest in Europe in their internet behaviour but almost one-in-10 has seen sexual images online.

A LATE night bus service will operate across Cork city this bank holiday as the city gears up for a recession-proof jazz festival which is expected to generate an estimated €6 million for the local economy.

WORLDSPREADS, the financial spread betting and online share trading service, has reached agreement over the sale of its Irish division, for nearly €10 million, to some of its existing management team.

THE financial spread betting company WorldSpreads has confirmed reports that its management is trying to buy out its Irish division.

SHOPPERS crammed into Tesco in Drogheda yesterday morning to check out the price reductions the company has brought in to try and stem the flow of shoppers going North.

THE future of education looks bright for Irish students thanks to the vivid imaginations of the winners of a competition.

LIMERICK LIONS will be without their coach, Sasa Punosevac, for the remainder of the season after their partnership ended by “mutual consent” at Christmas.

Spread-betting company Worldspreads, currently listed on the AIM market, is considering adding its listing to the IEX (Irish Enterprise Exchange) in the coming months.

A TAXI driver whose quick thinking saved the life of a passenger was last night crowned driver of the year.

SPREAD betting company WorldSpreads raised £5.77m (€8.6m) after floating on London’s AIM stock market yesterday.

TWO cousins were yesterday buried side by side as a village engulfed in grief came to terms with the tragic loss of four young people.

WITH seven faces missing from last season’s National Cup winning side, UCC Demons travel to Newcastle tomorrow to play the BBL champions, Newcastle Eagles, in a pre-season friendly that should leave coach Pat Price with a good idea of what lies ahead of him before the new season tips off on October 6.

AN estimated €100 million worth of houses are being proposed for Carrigtwohill, which is set to become a major commuter town when the Cork-Midleton railway reopens at the end of next year.

The jury in the trial of a Waterford teenager accused of murder were today told not to “lack the courage” to acquit him on the grounds of self-defence at the Central Criminal Court.