by Dr Rachel Farrell, Director, UCD Centre for Cyber Resilience Education From passwords and personal data to fake content, cyber careers and AI, primary school children need more than online security warnings – they need the knowledge and confidence to understand the digital world. Children already grow up in a world shaped by platforms, devices, data
The future of copyright and human creativity in the age of AI will be examined during a major conference in Dublin next month. The Copyright and Human Creativity in the Age of AI event aims to determine the best way of ensuring that human creativity remains valued and protected amid the rapid technological changes the
Scams are no longer an occasional nuisance. They are a daily reality – and most people still do not know how to respond when one lands in their inbox, according to new research from FraudSMART, the fraud awareness initiative led by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). Published on 14 September 2026, the research showed
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by Dr Anne O’Brien, Maynooth University International research shows that journalists are experiencing a mental health crisis in the form of depression, stress, burnout and suicide ideation. Maynooth University’s Dr Anne O’ Brien in collaboration with Shine, Ireland’s national agency for support, advocacy and education for mental illness, are undertaking research to better understand the
by Dr Stefanie Havelka, Assistant Professor, College of Social Sciences and Law/School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin AILiFE+ (Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Inclusion, Futures and Employment) is funded by Research Ireland and led by researchers at the School of Information and Communication Studies at UCD, in partnership with Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI). The
by Ryan Meade, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google Ireland Summer holidays bring sunshine, outdoor adventures, and a familiar seasonal challenge for parents and carers: managing digital screen time. Rather than treating device usage purely as a distraction, modern media literacy recommendations offer a fresh perspective – using digital tools as a launchpad for
by Cantivia Artificial intelligence is growing increasingly powerful every day. These tools are cheap, fast, and highly sophisticated, and they are reshaping how disinformation and deepfakes spread. Our question was: could we fight against this prominent threat with our own set of AI-powered cybersecurity tools? We are Cantivia, an Irish research group founded by three secondary-school