Your Say

Daily Poll

Poll: What is the right age for a child to own a smartphone?

A SURVEY HAS found that 24% of six-year-olds have their own smartphone.

Polling firm Amárach surveyed 900 parents of children aged five to 17 on behalf of Irish charity CyberSafeKids. The findings were released on Tuesday to mark Safer Internet Day.

It also found that 52% of parents do not feel confident about how to teach their children how to stay safe on the internet.

Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, said it was “alarming” to find that “children as young as 5 are being allowed to use smartphones alone in their bedroom”.

So today we’re asking: What is the right age for a child to own a smartphone?

6 or 7
8-10
10-12
When they start secondary school
Later teenage years
No interest, no opinion

You've already voted

See Results

A garda post at the scene near Dunmore East.

Friday 9 February

Today's Top Stories

Dunmore East

Woman arrested after body of six-year-old boy found in Co Waterford

US politics

WATCH: President Biden insists his ‘memory is fine’ after critical report

the morning lead

St John of God services to be transferred to HSE unless extra funding is granted

The Irish team during the Irish anthem before the game yesterday.

Basketball

Israeli basketball team photo with armed soldiers ahead of game vs Ireland 'under review'

Voting Yes

Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'

Show more Top Stories

Dunmore East

Woman arrested after body of six-year-old boy found in Co Waterford

29.6k

Updated

17 minutes ago

Ringsend

Three people released without charge after being arrested in connection with arson attack in Dublin

647

25 minutes ago

Basketball

Israeli basketball team photo with armed soldiers ahead of game vs Ireland 'under review'

8.9k

Updated

44 minutes ago

fixtures confirmed

New Ireland boss to face England at home in first competitive match

The 42

3.0k

1 hour ago

Sponsored

Looking for a home in north Dublin? Check out this A-rated community in Hollystown

Glenveagh Homes

Feb 9

Crash

Six-year-old girl in hospital after serious road traffic collision on M6

8.4k

1 hour ago

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day.

2.4k

Updated

1 hour ago

SPOTLIGHT

Arson attacks

There’s been almost twenty fires linked to anti-migrant protests since 2018

RINGSEND

Three people arrested over arson attack at former pub in Dublin

Dublin City

Five arrests over Sandwith St burning as gardaí trawl CCTV and phone data

series of attacks

How arson attacks on properties linked to asylum seekers have escalated

warning

'Someone could be killed': Fears grow as gardaí probe 'worrying trend'

Ukraine

Putin tells West that Russia cannot be defeated in Ukraine

8.1k

2 hours ago

new israeli operation

Israel strikes Gaza border town of Rafah as Biden describes war against Hamas as 'over the top'

3.6k

2 hours ago

US politics

WATCH: President Biden insists his ‘memory is fine’ after critical report

8.9k

3 hours ago

DAFT.IE PROPERTY MAGAZINE

Live the Wicklow way and enjoy your own sauna, BBQ area and spacious gardens for €1,250,000

Voices

Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'

6.7k

3 hours ago

JON JONSSON

Gardaí renew appeal for Icelandic man Jon Jonsson who went missing in Dublin five years ago

7.3k

4 hours ago

THE MORNING LEAD

St John of God services to be transferred to HSE unless extra funding is granted

SJOG is one of the biggest providers of intellectual disability and mental health services in the country

Staff have been informed that, unless extra funding is received, the process of transferring services will begin

The board said they are "doing all in our power to prevent this eventuality" but are running out of options

Órla Ryan

5.8k

10 hours ago

Yesterday

8th February 2024

Ballinteer

Female pedestrian in her 70s dies after being struck by a jeep in Dublin

26.1k

11 hours ago

Gaza

US warns Israel of 'disaster' if it sends troops into Gaza's Rafah city

13.7k

Updated

12 hours ago

Kildare

Man arrested after death of man in apartment in Kilcock, Co Kildare

Niall O'Connor

46.8k

Updated

12 hours ago

The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

8.3k

12 hours ago

Justice Department Report

Joe Biden ‘wilfully’ retained classified documents but ‘should not be charged’, report finds

6.5k

12 hours ago

Courts

Man jailed for six years for Dublin car chase and attack on prisoner in Mountjoy

13.9k

14 hours ago

garda cameras

Gardaí to spend estimated €2.1 million on trial run of body worn cameras in four locations

17.3k

Updated

14 hours ago

European Parliament

Irish MEPs cite Catalan solidarity as reason for opposing resolution on Russian interference

14.2k

15 hours ago

Valery Zaluzhny

Ukraine's top military commander has been sacked after ‘frank discussion’ with Volodymyr Zelenskyy

14.5k

15 hours ago

Israel

Irish basketball team did not shake hands with Israeli team after being accused of antisemitism

52.4k

Updated

15 hours ago

Courts

Co Clare man charged with inciting two other men to rape a woman

28.0k

15 hours ago

oranje disorder

FAI apologise for claim 'excessive alcohol and substance intake' contributed to fans' issues in Amsterdam

12.5k

15 hours ago

Courts

Man who denies raping his wife's friend in a park told gardaí he 'fell between her legs'

33.7k

15 hours ago

kneecap

British Govt stops funding for Kneecap over rap group's 'opposition to the United Kingdom'

15.2k

15 hours ago

SPOTLIGHT

Voices

A wide mix of viewpoints, analysis and first-hand experiences

Northern Ireland

Donaldson finally came through, but the real work starts now

Brian Rowan

Diary of an aid worker in Gaza

'I go to the local market. There is nothing to buy'

The Journal team

Race for power

It's clear Trump is the Republican nominee … but Haley won’t quit

Larry Donnelly

Measles increase

Catch Up vaccination clinics needed now before measles sweeps the country

Dr Catherine Conlon

uefa nations league

Republic of Ireland pitted against England in Uefa Nations League

23.1k

16 hours ago

Explainer

Measles: What you need to know about the disease, vaccines and who is at risk

Órla Ryan

10.0k

16 hours ago

Dublin town

Mixed reception among business community on plans to divert through traffic away from Dublin city centre

144

15.6k

Updated

16 hours ago

Public Accounts Committee

Majority of garda watchdog complaint investigations taking two years to complete

6.9k

Updated

16 hours ago

Cork District Court

US man pleads guilty to four charges of applying for Irish passports in names of dead babies

5.1k

16 hours ago

EP2024

Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion eyes up Ireland South nomination in European Elections

7.0k

17 hours ago

Child Abuse

Jesuits receive 93 complaints of abuse by ex-priest, as it names two other suspected abusers

8.9k

17 hours ago

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

2.6k

17 hours ago

HPSC

Nine suspected measles cases reported in Ireland

Seven of these cases have been defined as 'possible' measles, while two are listed as 'probable' measles

The suspected cases, all involving children aged nine and younger, were reported between 28 January and 3 February

Yesterday it was confirmed that a man in Leinster died after contracting measles

Órla Ryan

34.6k

17 hours ago

Liberties

'Why are we letting it fall apart?': Criticism of likely 2026 finish for Iveagh Markets repairs

8.7k

18 hours ago

Arson Attacks

'A campaign of far-right terrorism': Murphy lambastes Govt over response to arson attacks

8.7k

18 hours ago

FACTCHECK

Debunked: Image of mountainous hay bales before Eiffel Tower is not a real photograph

8.5k

18 hours ago

Ringsend

Three people arrested in connection with arson attack at former pub in Dublin

26.0k

Updated

18 hours ago