Dr. Joseph Duffy:

It certainly is. In regard to social media, news is now 24 hours. Some of us will remember when news was only on at certain times and that is where you got it and you had to tune into it. None of that is filtered now. It is always available. There is much more reliance on young people to manage themselves whereas society, news and everything else was managed in a particular way and there was a certain rhythm to it. People are very concerned in terms of thinking about are even the seasons gone, how do we know about that, or have borders gone. We are trying to think about where the young person gets a sense of security in themselves. That begins very early on and we know that from psychological theory. How do we embed and support that? As a society, things that are really important are the child-parent relationship, the relationship with the community and the importance of team, sports and connection around the environment. How are we prizing these things? Are we just prizing getting a first in your degree? What do we want as a society, as a country, as Ireland?