paris attacks

It's that time of year again. The end of it. The time when Christmas has already been going on for about four months and we're just waiting for it to finally be over. When we're all trying to convince ourselves that 2016 might just be our…

This week, the Toy Show was on the telly, and Twitter talked about it lots. Like, a lot. Like, it was the second highest trending topic in the world, or something. But despite all the Christmas induced excitement, overt slagging of young…

Fionola Meredith writes an opinion column in the Belfast Telegraph, one of Northern Ireland's leading daily newspapers. In Friday's edition, she is angry. She is forceful, polemical and vehement. Writing trenchantly, under the headline…

In the wake of the terror that shook Paris last Friday night, Facebook activated its 'Safety Check' service, allowing people in the area to let their social networks know that they were okay. Welcome to the relatively new world of…

Let's not make people feel bad about feeling bad. The Paris Attacks were dreadful. One hundred and twenty nine innocent people were gunned down violently and thoughtlessly. People in Ireland are understandably upset, distraught, shocked…