Irish Examiner View: Social media outlets profiting from footage of attack on schoolboy

Companies getting increased traffic as a result of that footage are benefiting materially from sharing the image of a boy being assaulted, a business model which should fill them with shame

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar sent a message of support following the homophobic attack.

By now, most readers will be aware of the horrifying attack on a secondary school student in Co Meath. 

The matter is under investigation by gardaí, who have released a statement confirming that the boy in question received serious facial injuries in the homophobic attack, which took place in Navan on Monday afternoon.