INTERNET SAFETY talk will be repeated on evening of 15 November 2010 - put it in your diary now!!

Do you know who is in your daughter's room?

At our recent AGM Guest speaker Pat Mc Kenna spoke to us about the realities of the risks which face our daughters once they begin using the internet. Some of the information shared on the evening was eye-opening and quite frightening, even for those who regard themselves as "internet-savvy".

Among the topics addressed by Pat were cyberbullying, exposure to innappropriate material, risks of information sharing, predation and grooming, impersonation, file hacking, remote webcam hacking, infiltration via file sharing software and free downloads, and more. He referred to our particular exposure in Ireland where our regulation about content filtering etc is weaker than in other countries.

We have decided that the information and advice presented on the night is so important that we will invite Pat back to repeat his talk on the evening of 15th November 2010. He has also been engaged by the school to speak to students in each year with age-appropriate material, initially 1st 2nd and 3rd years on 17 November 2010.