Education Minister Norma Foley has said social media giants and phone companies have refused to back her call for new age verification tools or support a primary school smartphone ban.
FIine Gael has been forced to amend a statement calling on Independent MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to “clarify the nature of their relationship” with a Latvian MEP being investigated over allegations she is a Russian spy.
Gardaí investigating arson attacks on accommodation earmarked for asylum-seekers are trying to establish possible links between people believed to be responsible for some of the 18 deliberate fires in the past 12 months.
Fine Gael has been sent a legal letter by Independent MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace over a statement made by senator and European elections hopeful Regina Doherty last week.