Online safety for children addressed as priority

Online safety is being described as THE child protection issue of our time by the ISPCC.

The charity's review of children’s behaviour online has found they tend to be meaner online than in person, with many children viewing social networks as designed to insult or taunt others.

The Law Reform Commission recently recommended changes in the law in the rapidly-changing cyber-sphere.

Chief Commissioner, Raymond Byrne says they consulted with young people to find out what was most important to them.