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by Daphne Siozos, programme assistant, EAVI–Media Literacy for Citizenship The third edition of the Voices Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom took place in Florence, at Teatro del Maggio Musicale, on 10–12 March 2026 and…

by Jane McGarrigle, National Coordinator, Webwise A new programme for 5th and 6th class pupils is now available for primary schools. Switched On is a digital citizenship programme developed by Webwise in collaboration with and…

Welcome to the MLI Monthly Update! Have something you want to share with the membership? Tell us about it by emailing us at info@medialiteracyireland.ie. We are particularly interested in including your resources in our new…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

Welcome to the MLI Monthly Update! Have something you want to share with the membership? Tell us about it by emailing us at info@medialiteracyireland.ie. We are particularly interested in including your resources in our new…

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…