by Ruairi Carroll, Head of News, Virgin Media Television We didn’t have ‘media literacy’ when I was a teenager in the 1990s. Media was RTÉ, The Irish Times, and The Irish Independent. Independent radio was still relatively new. There was no real internet as we know it now; mobile phones were rare; social media was years away — and when it came
by Ligimat Pérez, Media Literacy and User Education team, Coimisiún na Meán Media Matters is a ten‑part media literacy series running from February to November 2026 in The Primary Planet magazine, one of Ireland’s leading educational magazines. The series is a collaboration between Coimisiún na Meán and News Mag, publisher of The Primary Planet and
by Seán Ó Loingsigh, founder and geographer, LitterWeek.org Today, more than six billion people are connected online – with no training in the data collection purpose of technology. We’re all driving Ferraris but there are no seatbelts, no rules of the road, no theory test; we’re all blindfolded on high-speed digital motorways, hoping for the
by Dr Rosemary Day, Head of Department of Media and Communication Studies, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick A National Citizens’ Parliament on Media and Democracy, held in Limerick in Spring 2025 and funded through the EU’s HORIZON programme, expressed strong interest in media literacy and a belief that it could be key to protecting the future
by Shane and Willard, winners of the Coimisiún na Meán Award at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2026 We are currently in Transition Year, which means we have the option, and often the time, to participate in many extracurricular activities we would not normally do, such as the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology
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
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
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