After all, what parent wants their son or daughter sending, seeing or sharing nude pictures and sex videos?
This week Aontu introduced a bill seeking to criminalise media companies who allow children to access pornography. But would you be in favour of a complete ban on ALL pornography? VOTE in our Poll below and leave your comments here and on social media.
As we reported yesterday, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has introduced a bill to the Dáil which seeks to prevent the distribution of pornography to children by media companies, including internet service providers. It’s a worthy goal. Here he is, explaining it in more detail: Internet companies are providing hard core pornography to children as young […]
The Government has asked a lot from the people during the Coronavirus pandemic. Thousands have lost their jobs. Young people have forfeited months of their education. Twenty-somethings have lost their nights out. Restaurants and bars have lost their customers. And the HSE, it turns out, have lost their minds: Young people are being asked to […]
The school has apologised. The child’s mother, a Mrs Taylor, is tremendously upset. Not that you could blame her: A mum is ‘fuming’ over her 11-year-old daughter’s school work which asked children to define hardcore pornography – among other ‘inappropriate’ topics. Children in Years 7, 8 and 9 at Archbishop Sentamu Academy in Hull were […]
Warning: the following article contains graphic descriptions of pornographic material. Sean Covey, son of the famous Stephen Covey, has written a terrific book for teens that I regularly recommend to parents: The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make. It’s full of wise, down-to-earth advice regarding the decisions teens have to make about friends, school, their relationships with […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has submitted the Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2019 to the Dáil. The Bill aims to make the online provision of pornography to children illegal, and has been drafted in response to growing concerns from parents about easy access to pornography online. Deputy Tóibín said “The proliferation of […]
The harrowing media reports detailing the brutal, senseless murder of Ana Kriégel make for very difficult reading. The thought of one of our own children being caught in that indescribably horrific situation is unimaginable. Ana was only 14 when she was killed, and the manner in which she died is the stuff of nightmares. […]
Is Porn having a damaging effect on society? Ben Scallan comments #gript
Over the years Kanye West proved he was no stranger to public vulgarity. Obscene lyrics and lewd displays were part and parcel of everything he did, from his overly-sexualised music videos, to his open discussion of his favourite porn categories, and even his marriage to Kim Kardashian, whose career was arguably jump-started by her notorious […]
The two teenage boys found guilty of the murder of 14-year old Ana Kriégel last year, have been sentenced. The 15 year-old referred as Boy A has been sentenced to life in detention, with a review of his sentence in 12 years. The other party to Ana’s murder, referred to as Boy B who is […]
Irish parents, and indeed parents worldwide, now live in a world where their children, as soon as they are old enough to access the internet, are never more than two or three clicks away from the most hardcore pornography. The normalisation of pornography over the past thirty years, and the consequences of that, has been […]