Groundbreaking research into the social phenomenon of the selfie is being carried out in Ireland. And it’s showing there’s a lot more to selfies than meets the eye.

China’s love affair with physical beauty is fuelling a selfie-editing app’s valuation of $3bn (€2.63bn).

Mumbai has declared 16 areas no-selfie zones, following an increase in deaths linked to the photo craze.

Ever the shrinking violet, Cristiano Ronaldo used the premiere of his new film (called Ronaldo, naturally) to attempt to break the world record for selfies in three minutes.

#parentinggoals

Almost one in three (30%) of us admit to checking our phone when we wake up, even before kissing our partner.

New mums taking selfies while breast-feeding their babies is expected to be one of the big new parenting trends for 2015.

More than half of parents have not put any protections in place to protect their children from accessing harmful or inappropriate material online.

Is the selfie just a bit of harmless fun — or the ultimate in narcissistic self indulgence? Jonathan deBurca Butler reports.

EVERY young teenager gets excited at turning 18. It’s when you’re legal, you can drive with a full licence, drink, vote, own land, appear in court, do fun, outrageous things and the main thing for teens is now you’re legally an adult.