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# online-abuse - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
'It said ‘I hope your kids get coronavirus' and 'I hope they die in a house fire’' - Patrick McClean defends brother James
The Ireland winger was fined two weeks’ wages by his club Stoke City last week for an ill-judged Instagram post.
# online-abuse - Monday 18 November, 2019
RTÉ journalist experienced racist abuse online for over two years
Zainab Boladale said she has been dealing with much of the abuse since 2017.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
Govt making 'little or no progress' against online abuse and child exploitation, committee told
The Justice Committee is examining issues such as cyberbullying, harassment, stalking and revenge porn.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
Twitter defends response to 'absolutely abhorrent' abuse directed at Ryan family
TD Jack Chambers described their response to the situation as “weak”.
# online-abuse - Friday 27 September, 2019
Couple from supermarket ad campaign 'considering leaving Ireland' after online abuse
They have called for more robust hate-crime legislation to be introduced.
# online-abuse - Thursday 6 June, 2019
Irish comedian subjected to 'dozens' of rape and death threats over article she wrote on Junior Cert paper
Aoife Dooley said she has notified gardaí of the threats made to her online.
# online-abuse - Thursday 11 April, 2019
Leicester contact police after 'vile and disgusting' online abuse of players
The Premiership club says players’ families have also been targeted.
# online-abuse - Friday 22 March, 2019
Garda investigation underway following claims of online abuse targeting Munster rugby players
A probe into the claims has been ongoing for the past few months.
# online-abuse - Monday 31 December, 2018
Fulham vow to take 'strongest possible action' after Kamara suffers racist abuse
The club has spoken out after vile online abuse followed the striker’s penalty miss on Saturday.
# online-abuse - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
Abuse on Twitter: Women of colour 34% more likely than white women to be targeted
The study found that an abusive or problematic tweet was sent to the women in the study every 30 seconds on average.
# online-abuse - Tuesday 16 October, 2018
Donald Trump tweets insult at Stormy Daniels and threatens to 'go after' her
The US President has denied an affair with the former adult actress.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
'Ireland is behind the times in tackling revenge porn'
Labour’s Brendan Howlin said other countries have legislated against revenge porn and secured convictions.
# online-abuse - Monday 20 November, 2017
'Imagine getting rape threats when you open an app': The toll of online abuse on women
Women in eight different countries reported feeling anxious, less confident and unable to sleep after receiving abuse online.
# online-abuse - Thursday 16 November, 2017
Twitter abuse: Fine Gael TDs call out senior party member who labelled women 'bitches'
Female members of the Fine Gael party have said comments made by one party member online are “unacceptable”.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 1 March, 2017
Twitter admits 'mistakes will be made' as it tries new ways to combat online trolls
New algorithms will be used to weed out online trolls.
# online-abuse - Sunday 26 February, 2017
Lily Allen trolled and abused on Twitter over her baby son's death
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
Lily Allen has abandoned her Twitter account after abuse over her baby son's death
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
# online-abuse - Saturday 25 February, 2017
I hope Twitter troll gets the help he needs - Arter
The Republic of Ireland international’s personal life has been the subject of abuse online, but he says he does not let it bother him.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 8 February, 2017
Poll: Do online trolls put you off using social media?
The company has unveiled a number of new safety measures following complaints.
Twitter to clamp down on trolls as new safety features unveiled
Twitter bosses said they will not tolerate the abuse of its users by nameless accounts.
# online-abuse - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
Donnelly says he was "eviscerated" online after joining Fianna Fáil
Wickow TD Stephen Donnelly made the move to Fianna Fáil last week.
# online-abuse - Monday 21 November, 2016
"Water off a duck's back": TD responds to barrage of online criticism
A Fine Gael senator has hit out against the level of abuse politicians receive online.
# online-abuse - Tuesday 23 August, 2016
Black British woman gets barrage of racist and sexist abuse while tweeting from @Ireland
Michelle Marie says she received “eight hours of nonstop hate”.
# online-abuse - Sunday 19 June, 2016
"We will kill you": Irish politicians speak out against online abuse
John Halligan, Mairead McGuinness and Joan Burton have all spoken out today in various ways.
# online-abuse - Sunday 20 March, 2016
Jack Chambers has taken some heat on social media, but public figures get criticised all the time
Columnist Julien Mercille writes that if we start policing the internet for online abuse we can say goodbye to freedom of speech.
# online-abuse - Saturday 6 February, 2016
Alan Shatter has a lot to say about 'venomous' online abuse
“I think we have a problem here.”
# online-abuse - Monday 7 December, 2015
Councillor called a 'racist c***' over stance on Traveller accommodation
Josepha Madigan has received online abuse over her comments.
# online-abuse - Tuesday 18 August, 2015
Here's what happened when a TV presenter posted naked photos of herself online
Anna Richardson got an insight into the world of revenge porn.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 22 July, 2015
I've seen more than my fair share of abuse online, but Lorraine Higgins' bill isn't the answer
The abuse Senator Higgins has received is utterly unacceptable, but her solution is ill conceived, writes Tom Murphy of Boards.ie.
# online-abuse - Saturday 9 May, 2015
Brendan Howlin: There are "really weird people" who attack others online
The minister also tells us how he feels about being compared to one half of Morecambe and Wise.
# online-abuse - Thursday 23 April, 2015
Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry has spoken out about the horrific abuse she gets online
“These people will never learn that violence against women is unacceptable.”
# online-abuse - Wednesday 15 April, 2015
Minister called "scumbag b***h" by anti-water charge protesters
Ruth Coppinger has said the comments ‘do no favours’ to the anti-austerity movement.
# online-abuse - Wednesday 11 February, 2015
Rabbitte: The selective targeting of public figures needs to stop
TD Ruth Coppinger said people are more concerned about the arrests in relation to the Jobstown protests.
# online-abuse - Tuesday 18 November, 2014
Labour Senator deletes Facebook page after being told she 'should have been aborted'
Lorraine Higgins also received death threats.
# online-abuse - Monday 27 October, 2014
Labour TD: Internet trolls are cowards and should get up to two years in prison
Seán Kenny is calling on Ireland to follow in the footsteps of the UK.
# online-abuse - Monday 20 October, 2014
Monica Lewinsky joins Twitter and launches a mission to end cyberbullying
“I was the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.”
# online-abuse - Thursday 16 October, 2014
This woman is turning mean internet comments into wonderful embroideries
Haters gonna hate, stitchers gonna stitch.
# online-abuse - Monday 6 October, 2014
Woman accused of "trolling" McCann parents believed to have been found dead
Brenda Leyland featured in a Sky News report on trolling last week.
# online-abuse - Thursday 2 October, 2014
Sky News has tracked down one of many 'Internet trolls' abusing Maddie McCann's parents
A 67-page dossier detailing malicious internet postings has been sent to the Commissioner in Scotland Yard, according to the news channel.
# online-abuse - Monday 29 September, 2014
Man jailed over Twitter threats to rape British MP
Peter Nunn threatened Stella Creasy over her support for a campaign to put author Jane Austen on the £10 note.
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WITH MANY OF us remaining at home in recent weeks, some of us have been turning our hand to a lot more cooking than we may normally have done.
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