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Lisa Harding and I meet in a city centre park on a day so inclement that we battle bend-double wind, snow and some hail as we walk and talk. Somehow, the elemental weather feels fitting for a discussion of Lisa s new novel, Bright Burning Things, which features a protagonist, Sonya, so ferocious that she leaps straight off the page and into the imagination, in a story of motherhood, addiction, love, loss and the delicate dawn of hope, that is viscerally told and beautifully written.
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Children are open to online exploitation, grooming, cyber-bulling and exposure to harmful internet content due to the amount of time they are spending online during the pandemic, according to the Children s Rights Alliance.
The CRA has published its annual Report Card, which grades the Government on the commitments it has made in relation to children.
It has said that while the Government published the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill in December 2020, it did not establish an independent complaints mechanism for children and young people if a tech platform failed to uphold their rights online.
Now that most children and young people are accessing their peers and education online, the alliance has reiterated the need for an Online Safety Commissioner.
The deadline for Ireland’s National School Photography Awards and Positive Primaries Programme has been extended until May 31, 2021. This is to allow scho.