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With Autism Acceptance Month drawing to a close, locals in Dundalk and students from De La Salle Dundalk have recently released a song which focuses on autism and inclusion so Florence spoke to those involved to hear more about it…

The European Commission issued recent findings against the US tech company Meta yesterday, which say the company may have failed to stop children who are under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook.

This comes as governments worldwide have been working to implement their own bans to stop children accessing social media so our Technology Correspondent, Brian O'Donovan, joined Cathal in studio to discuss.

There's lots more content from the show, including an archive, at rte.ie/news2day.

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