Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.
You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.
If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
Online abuse
Interview
FG's new MEP on online abuse, fighting for farmers and why she thinks passenger cap will cost jobs
A former champion jockey, Carberry became a household name after appearances on Dancing with the Stars and Ireland’s Fittest Family. But her next job is somewhat different.
Christina Finn
8 Sep 2024
13.8k
'Toxicity' of Ryanair targeting Eamon Ryan needs to be called out, Taoiseach says
20 Jun 2024
19.6k
91
Women in Politics
Bottom of the class: Fianna Fáil running fewer women in local elections than any other party
18 May 2024
15.1k
78
Child Safety
Dr Catherine Conlon: We need to get real about the dangers of smartphone use by young children
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated
16 Feb 2024
13.8k
19
Women in Politics
Taskforce on protecting politicians from abuse to meet today
15 Jun 2023
7.9k
80
The Morning Lead
'They sent me an image of my photoshopped face on a pile of people being burnt'
16 May 2023
23.3k
Lavender
Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'
Lavender
14 Mar 2023
23.3k
Online abuse
Roderic O'Gorman speaks out about 'vicious abuse' against LGBT+ community
12 Mar 2023
18.2k
35
The Morning Lead
'It's relentless': The toll of online abuse on community groups supporting asylum seekers
6 Mar 2023
15.2k
lgbtqia+
Opinion: Reflecting on 2022, the LGBT+ community is hopeful of progress in the year ahead
Adam Long
Updated
30 Dec 2022
11.2k
Speaking out
'I get death threats every now and then' - F1 driver on social media abuse
30 Jun 2022
5.6k
0
statement
Meath GAA air 'disgust' and condemn recent abuse
Updated
9 Jun 2022
41.1k
14
Social Media
Facebook and Twitter offering supports for TDs and Senators who experience online abuse
5 May 2022
3.8k
7
Cathal Crowe
Government TD makes garda complaint about 'threatening' online video
25 Apr 2022
43.5k
The Daily Poll
Poll: Have you ever reported social media abuse?
12 Jan 2022
14.9k
27
Online abuse
Open Thread: Have you experienced gendered abuse or harassment online?
10 Jan 2022
10.7k
14
Speaking out
Rio Ferdinand says he encouraged gay male footballer to come out but the player was advised not to
9 Sep 2021
15.6k
16
Speaking out
'Lucy Quinn didn’t play well today' – and also 'she’s a slag'' - Birmingham forward details online abuse
8 Sep 2021
7.7k
0
Social Media
Instagram to release new tools to help protect users from abuse on the platform
11 Aug 2021
8.7k
6
Kick it out
Police make 11 arrests in relation to racist abuse of England players
5 Aug 2021
3.3k
2
Online abuse
Four people arrested so far in connection with online abuse of England players
15 Jul 2021
3.4k
0
Online abuse
Basketball Ireland condemns 'disgraceful' online comments aimed at women's U20 side
14 Jul 2021
14.5k
6
Online abuse
Twitter 'troll' to pay BBC's Stephen Nolan six-figure sum in damages
1 Jul 2021
44.8k
Social Media
Opinion: Online abuse needs to be stopped, but let's not shut down open debate in the process
Adam Hallissey
4 Jun 2021
6.3k
15
The Morning Lead
'I got an Instagram message saying 'your days are numbered' - but the thing is, this person was easily traceable'
5 May 2021
76.9k
stamp it out
Football chiefs call for government legislation to tackle online abuse after boycott
4 May 2021
1.0k
1
opening up
Karen Carney says she had suicidal thoughts after receiving online abuse
2 May 2021
14.0k
11
enough is enough
United midfielder Fred says racist abuse on social media ‘cannot be accepted’
23 Mar 2021
1.8k
0
Online abuse
'If you see something that you're not happy about, do something about it: call it out, ban it, report it'
25 Feb 2021
12.3k
0
statement
Stoke City vow to 'bring the perpetrators to justice' after vile online abuse of McClean
16 Feb 2021
3.0k
1
abusive graffiti
Varadkar: 'I'm afraid it will end in violence. I don't mean having a milkshake thrown on you, I mean something much worse'
10 Feb 2021
150k
99
Online abuse
Referee Mike Dean asks to sit out round of Premier League games after death threats
8 Feb 2021
8.3k
8
Coco's Law
President Higgins signs legislation criminalising distribution of intimate images without consent into law
28 Dec 2020
36.2k
22
revenge porn
Pornhub deletes millions of user-generated videos after public backlash
14 Dec 2020
50.0k
32
Welfare
Online abuse sees EPCR switch referee Brace's Champions Cup appointment
10 Dec 2020
13.3k
19
Kick it out
Premier League launches system for players to report online racist abuse
24 Jun 2020
1.4k
0
Online abuse
'It said ‘I hope your kids get coronavirus' and 'I hope they die in a house fire’' - Patrick McClean defends brother James
31 Mar 2020
75.4k
77
Online abuse
RTÉ journalist experienced racist abuse online for over two years
18 Nov 2019
36.9k
85
Online abuse
Govt making 'little or no progress' against online abuse and child exploitation, committee told
16 Oct 2019
8.4k
8
Racism
Twitter defends response to 'absolutely abhorrent' abuse directed at Ryan family
Cookies help provide our news service while also enabling the advertising needed to fund this work.
We categorise cookies as Necessary, Performance (used to analyse the site performance) and Targeting (used to target advertising which helps us keep this service free).
We and our 175 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or unique identifiers, on your device. Selecting Accept All enables tracking technologies to support the purposes shown under we and our partners process data to provide. If trackers are disabled, some content and ads you see may not be as relevant to you. You can resurface this menu to change your choices or withdraw consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Preferences link on the bottom of the webpage .Your choices will have effect within our Website. For more details, refer to our Privacy Policy.
We and our vendors process data for the following purposes:
Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a device. Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development.
Cookies Preference Centre
We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent. You may exercise your right to consent, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose. Some vendors may process your data based on their legitimate interests, which does not require your consent. You cannot object to tracking technologies placed to ensure security, prevent fraud, fix errors, or deliver and present advertising and content, and precise geolocation data and active scanning of device characteristics for identification may be used to support this purpose. This exception does not apply to targeted advertising. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework.
Manage Consent Preferences
Necessary Cookies
Always Active
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not be able to monitor our performance.
Store and/or access information on a device 117 partners can use this purpose
Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.
Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development 155 partners can use this purpose
Use limited data to select advertising 121 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times an ad is presented to you).
Create profiles for personalised advertising 87 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit, content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities.
Use profiles to select personalised advertising 88 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects.
Create profiles to personalise content 42 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit, non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Use profiles to select personalised content 38 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Measure advertising performance 143 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Measure content performance 67 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 83 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 90 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 38 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 52 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 28 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 99 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 107 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 76 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 57 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 96 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 77 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
have your say