Irish primary school principal calls for social media ban for under 16s

‘Stop buying your children phones’ – principal wants social media ban for under-16s

Barry O’Leary says ‘unfettered access’ to devices in bedrooms is harmful

A school principal has called on the Government to ban under-16s from social media after a new report found age verification online remains ineffective.

Principal Barry O’Leary, from St Kevin’s National School in Sallynoggin, Co Dublin, has long campaigned for better restrictions around mobile phone use by children.