Internet expert calls for ban on Facebook memorials

An internet expert has called for a ban on the setting-up of Facebook memorial pages in the wake of Shannon Gallagher’s death.

Niall Mulrine, who lectures in schools on internet safety, says these pages often do more harm than good.

Mr Mulrine is from Ballybofey, the same Co Donegal town as tragic sisters Shannon, 15, and Erin Gallagher, 13, who both took their lives in recent weeks.