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Need media literacy support?

Responding to a growing need for media literacy support, MLI has created a signposting page listing independent trainers who can offer support on different aspects of media literacy learning requirements. The trainers listed on the MLI Certified Trainers page are independent professionals who support MLI’s key objective of ‘empowering Irish people with the skills and

UNESCO MIL Alliance’s newly elected Global Board

The results of the election of the first UNESCO MIL Alliance Global Board have now been finalised, following an open call for candidates and a voting period that closed on 20 December 2025. The MIL Alliance Global Board will serve as the main decision-making and coordination body of the MIL Alliance, shaping its global strategy

Safer Internet Day 2026 – Get Involved!

by Catriona Mulcahy, Project Officer, Webwise Safer Internet Day (SID) 2026 will take place on Tuesday, 10 February 2026. This global event is an opportunity for schools, organisations, families and the wider community to put online safety at the top of the agenda and take action to make the internet a safer, better place for everyone, especially children and

Funding Available for Media Literacy Projects

Media literacy stakeholders and practitioners may be interested to know that the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) Collaboration and Innovation Fund is now inviting applications for projects. This fund is aimed at collaborative initiatives that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital and financial literacy needs and that help organisations and services to become more literacy friendly and aware.    Over the last three years, this funding has helped over 250

2025: A look back

by Martina Chapman, National Coordinator for MLI Time flies when you are busy, and we certainly have been busy this year. As December rolls in, it’s a good time to look back at the year that was and appreciate what we have achieved. Six specific areas of activity were identified for 2025. They were to:

Applications Now Open for the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund

Digital literacy underpins the ability to make informed choices about many of our daily tasks such as money management, health and social interaction. This is recognised by the national Adult Literacy for Life Programme, which has established the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund  for projects and activities that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital

MLI December Newsletter

Read the November MLI newsletter for media literacy related news and updates.

The Media Literacy Ireland Annual Conference 2024

On 4 December 2024, the Media Literacy Ireland annual conference took place at the Foundry in Dublin, kindly hosted by Google. MLI would like to thank Coimisiún na Meán, Google and all of the speakers, panellists, and attendees for making it such a success The theme of the conference was ‘Media Literacy for All’ and