The company behind the supermarket’s recent ad campaign won the Grand Prix at the industry awards in Dublin last night where Alastair Campbell was guest speaker.
Richie Smyth of Dublin based Blinder Productions picked up a bronze for Director’s craft at the awards, which are seen as the Oscars of the advertising industry.
There has been plenty of reaction to a report which examined the deaths of 196 children and young people in contact with State services between 2000 and 2010.
Forty per cent of 9-year-olds in Ireland have experienced bullying – and as Lisa Collins writes, more needs to be done to encourage children to speak out.
Latest figures from the ISPCC show that 26 per cent of young people in secondary school have been victims of bullying, or know someone who has. Forty per cent of 9 year olds were bullied in the last year.
A study commissioned by the ISPCC found that one-third of primary school children did not know how to keep their social network account private, while one in six secondary students had met someone in person after meeting them online.
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is set to launch a new campaign on Monday, but posters have already sprung up around Dublin City Centre.
Journalist and researcher Eleanor Fitzsimons argues that Ireland needs a co-ordinated countrywide plan to stamp out bullying as RTE appeals for victims to tell their stories.
INDEPENDENT TD MICK Wallace is to file a complaint about the Minister for Justice’s use of information on RTÉ’s Prime Time last week.
Alan Shatter said on live television that the Wexford deputy benefited from garda discretion when he was cautioned for using a mobile phone – but not given penalty points. Wallace insists he is not aware of such an incident.
Shatter has stood by his remarks and he has also been backed by the Taoiseach who said that “people can’t have it both ways”. “You cannot be saying no discretion and at the same time availing of discretion.”
Labour Deputy Kevin Humphreys told Newstalk Breakfast this morning that he thought making the remarks was “poor judgement” on the minister’s part. He called on Shatter to explain how he received the information. Others have claimed the information could have been made public in a different manner, and not on live television without giving Wallace prior warning.
In today’s poll, we ask: Should Alan Shatter have made his comments about Mick Wallace on Prime Time?
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