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One Direction's Zayn Malik's mother joined Twitter to protect him from Internet trolls (IrishCentral)

Tue, 28 May 2013 05:04:02 PDT

One Direction's Zayn Malik's mom is standing up for him on TwitterThe One Direction star's mother Tricia Malik has hit back at users on the social networking site who have directed abuse at the singer because of his Asian ethnicity and Muslim religionTricia, 41, responded to one user: "Hope you're happy now that zayn noticed your tweet !! you can't even imagine how it made him upset you psyco X- (sic)"The 'Kiss You' hitmaker's mother later revealed that Zayn had abandoned his own Twitter account in recent days because of the abuse being hurled at himShe told a fan: "It wasnt even zayn who tweeted the 3 last tweets it was management & i cant force him to login twitter if he doesnt want X- (sic)"In more tweets, Tricia - who has already amassed over 41,000 followers on her Twitter account - defended her son against religious hatred, writing: "#iGetAnnoyedWhenPeople call zayn a terrorist just because he's muslim READ MORE

Porn company Manwin latest Internet giant to open an office in Dublin (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 May 2013 06:18:20 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

One of the world's biggest porn companies has opened an office in Dublin's Silicon Docks district.

Bradley Cooper reads negative things about him on the internet to stay grounded (IrishCentral)

Thu, 09 May 2013 05:18:36 PDT

Bradley Cooper reads negative things about him on the internet The 'Silver Linings Playbook' star - who received an Oscar nomination for his performance in the movie - doesn't need to be online long before the things he reads about himself extinguish any ego he may be getting about being a movie starHe said: "Maybe if you start feeling a little too big for your britches, hop on the internet and take a look at some message boards for five seconds It's not something I do often, but if you do, It'll take you right back down Oh, my, God! First of all, let's be honest: It's incredibly narcissistic to do that and masochistic READ MORE

Czech Republic remind the Internet that Chechnya is a different country - Sarah Palin Boston bombings spoof (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:34:39 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Growing alarm that Americans are confusing Chechnya with the Czech Republic has seen the Czech Embassy issuing an unprecedented statement following the Boston marathon attacks to clarify that the two bombing suspects trace their roots to Chechnya, not the Czech Republic, after waves of anti-Czech rhetoric lit up social media.

How the Internet has changed sports journalism – we know our fate in an instant (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:17:34 PDT

Kevin DoyleThere is a beauty about the Internet that is a scourge for the print media, a beauty that occupies the minds of sports editors on nights such as Tuesday – or it shouldYears ago, Ireland soccer fans relied on the written word and the printed word for news of their heroes in far flung corners of the world like Moscow and MaltaGreat men like Con Houlihan and Peter Byrne and Charlie Stuart travelled with notebooks -- although not always in Con’s case -- in the name of Irish soccer READ MORE

RTE to charge American Internet users for access to online programming (IrishCentral)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:12:10 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Irish Diaspora will be asked to pay per view by state broadcaster RTE under new plans to boost income at the station.

Irish sex counselor warns Irish couples about Internet porn (IrishCentral)

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:10:50 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

An Irish sex counselor states she has seen "catastrophic consequences" of Internet porn on Irish relationships between couples. She calls it the "elephant in the room" in many Irish relationships.

Irish International Immigrant Center - Beware internet application filing scams (IrishCentral)

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:31:35 PST

Q: I filed an application with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), using a service on the Internet that helped me fill out the necessary forms and had me send them an electronic check in the amount of the application fee I submitted the application with a copy of my electronic check Now I have received a notice from USCIS saying that my application cannot be processed because the required fees have not been paid to the government Do you know what is going on?A: Unfortunately, you are the victim of a scam that has been the subject of a warning notice from USCIS READ MORE

Online shopping and the Internet to add $14.4 billion annually to Ireland’s economy by 2016 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:40:19 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The Irish cable company UPC has released a report suggesting that the internet will contribute $14.4 billion annually to the Irish economy by 2016.

The Internet may just explode - As Niall Horan from One Direction poses with puppies – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:31:00 PST

One Direction posing with puppiesOne Direction’s fans will be delighted to ogle the band’s latest photo shoot, in which the heart throbs posed with adorable puppiesDressed in a pink cable knit jumper, Mullingar native Niall Horan cuddles a Labrador puppy in the bands cover photo shoot with fashion magazine WonderlandCurly haired Harry Styles can be seen hugging another puppy, in the chart toppers latest photo shoot to promote their new single “Little Things”Niall HoranAs part of the cover issue, Liam Payne spoke about how well the boys get along with one another READ MORE

Internet and Facebook bullying comes home to haunt Irish parents - Tragic deaths of two teenagers reveal scope of the problem (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:00:47 PST

Ciara PugsleyWe were always told as young fellas that stick and stone will break your bones but names will never hurt you, since the internet became a main component in our lives this has gone right out the windowI remember being in school and getting a few thumps from the school bully and that was it really, once you got a few belts and the bully got whatever he had on his chest off it was over! Other people weren’t as lucky, but even back then when the school day was over there was no contact with the bully after 3pm Once you were inside your front door you were in a safe place and nobody could get at you, home was always your safe haven!This is no longer the matter and the world and her mother can now make their way into a laptop sitting on your lap in front of your own fire and this to me is very frightening The cyber bully must be the worst kind of all, they are also known as ‘keyboard cowards’ and they sit behind their computers or over their phones and send messages most of the time without the abused knowing how they are READ MORE

Donald Trump offers Barack Obama deal, Internet rolls its eyes - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:55:59 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Less than two weeks before Election 2012, Donald Trump released a video offering President Barack Obama $5 million to release his college and birth records. Should Obama meet Trump’s requests, Trump promised to donate $5 million to the charity of Obama’s choice.

Presentation at Dublin Web Summit wants to get sex, not porn, on the Internet (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:24:39 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Cindy Gallop, tech entrepreneur and founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, spoke Thursday at the Dublin Web Summit asking Internet-users to consider using her site to upload videos of themselves having sex, in hopes of restructuring the discourse surrounding sex today.

'You're nearly three, you should toughen up': Gabriel and Delilah O'Donoghue become internet hit - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:00:28 PDT

Four-year-old Delilah O’Donoghue’s earnest lecture on behavior to her two-year-old brother GabrielA funny exchange between two young siblings in the UK has gone viralAfter Lee O’Donoghue captured his four-year-old daughter chastising her two-year-old brother on his smartphone, he uploaded it to YouTube, thinking friends and family would find it amusingBut Delilah’s lecture to her two-year-old brother Gabriel in which she tells him to ‘toughen up’ has become an internet sensationThe 65-second clip shows Gabriel receive a scolding from his older sister for spitting on another child in the playground READ MORE

Reflections on a year of writing for IrishCentral - the power of the written word on the Internet (IrishCentral)

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:01:41 PDT

Our Irish American in Ireland reflect on a year with IrishCentralAlmost exactly one year ago, after IrishCentral founder Niall O’Dowd’s suggestion, I began writing the “Boston Irishman in Ireland” column for this website He thought that my perspective, as an Irish-American who has been living and working in Ireland for more than ten years, would appeal to IrishCentral’s audience I like to think that Niall’s been proven right since then And I’m extremely grateful to him for offering me the opportunity READ MORE

Pinging from snail mail to a Joe Hurley wail... (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:15:59 PDT

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Sailing With O’Dowd (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:05:16 PDT

By: WHILE opening The Irish Times on the Internet on Monday morning, June 20 and fully expecting to see a photo of Rory (what a story) McIlroy, there on the front page was none other than Niall O'Dowd, Irish Voice publisher, and the news that he might well throw his hat into the ring for the Irish presidency.

The legacy of Phoebe Prince: bullying and blame in cyberspace and the school system (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:45:17 PDT

Media and news outlets have been abuzz since January 14 about 15-year-old Irish Phoebe Prince from a small town in CoClare, Ireland, a student of South Hadley High School in Massachusetts, who hanged herself in a stairwell after enduring approximately three months of relentless verbal and physical harassment by her new classmates, nine of whom faced a range of felony charges after Phoebe's suicide including, in the case of Sean Mulveyhill, statuatory rape After briefly dating 17-year-old Sean Mulveyhill, Phoebe was met with a campaign of abuse by Mulveyhill's ex-girlfriend 17-year-old Kayla Narey and her friendsThe New York Daily News reported that "students said Phoebe was called "Irish slut" and "whore" on Twitter, Craigslist, Facebook and Formspring READ MORE

Facebook: Satan of the Internet? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:45:04 PST

Posted by FatherTim at 8/2/2009 7:44 PM EDTMy friends,Ironically, thanks to the power of the Internet in general and Facebook in particular, I have been able to read in my far-off mission of the remarks made by Britain's Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols on Facebook and other social networksThe press has (of course) gleefully taken his comments -- some very well-meaning and thoughtful, and some almost comedically old-fashioned -- to once again paint the Church into a corner as a finger-pointer and condemner of anything and everything that, well, people enjoy and that the Church did not either think of first or controlCommenting on the tragic suicide of a young teenage girl, 15-year-old Megan Gillan, a student in Cheshire who took a fatal overdose of pain-killers after being bullied on social networking site Bebo, Nichols said: “I think there’s a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we’re losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that’s necessary for living together and building a community,” he said“Facebook and MySpace might contribute towards communities, but I’m wary about it READ MORE

Discover your Irish ancestry online - every Census since 1926 now on the Internet (IrishCentral)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:38:43 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The Central Statistics Office has published all the data it has collected from every census since 1926 online for public access, free of charge.