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Serving Cork for 120 years EE - V1 EDITION NO. 34,828 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 RRP: e1.50 Recommended retail price 1.50 06.02.13 TONIGHT WEATHER L: 2°C Increasingly cloudy Winds: NW at 7-14 mph R Debbie O’Leary, girlfriend of former Irish and Munster rugby star, Peter Stringer, poses along with work colleagues at hairdressers Sobe Brown, in a Calendar girls style shoot. See page three for more. Also in tonight’s Wow! supplement, Debbie features in Street Style. Picture: Samantha Hunt Stringer’s girl is a hair-raiser! Man stabbed in city centre Parents must ensure their children don’t become bullies A MAN was recovering today after being stabbed four times on Patrick Street in the early hours of this morning. He was involved in an altercation with an- other man at the junction of Patrick Street and Winthrop Street, at around 1.30am. The victim, who is in his 20s, was stabbed by the other man and was rushed to Cork University Hospital. Gardaí said today that his injuries were not life threatening. By ANN MURPHY Security Correspondent The scene on the city’s main thoroughfare was sealed off until around 8am, and a forensics examination was carried out. However, the injured man has not yet made a complaint to gardaí. A garda source said this morning that gardaí are following a “certain line of en- quiry.” PARENTS have the primary responsibility to ensure their children do not become bullies, a seminar on cyber bullying heard last night. An information evening in City Hall, hosted by cloud computing company Trend Micro to encourage safe internet use, heard that the Government will never be able to make the internet safe. Anthony O’Mara, a non-executive director of Trend Micro, which has been leading a campaign for safer internet usage, said: “Parents have the responsibility to make sure their kids don’t become bullies. Whether you are on the receiving end or giving end, it is up to parents to protect their children and to put them out into society in a way that allows everyone to co-exist easily.” By RONAN BAGNALL Mr O’Mara said the idea of a safer internet was just as complex as the idea of creating a safer society. He said young people do not have the same sense of privacy that the previous generation was brought up with. “We have a generation now who want to have a million friends. “People forget that once something is said, it’s out there forever. And you don’t have to work very hard to find it. Young people are not really tuned into that, or maybe they just don’t care.” See page six for more. SEE OUR EXCITING RANGE OF ROMAN BLINDS SALE Old Mallow Rd, Cork Tel. 021-4280400 Unit 5. Eastside S.C. Ballincollig Tel. 021-4876805 At The Rock, Midleton Tel. 021-4639052 140 Bank Place, Mallow Tel. 022-51666 Patrick Street, Fermoy Tel. 025-30886 Unit 4. Casement Street, Clonakility Tel. 023-8858945 VISIT OUR SHOWROOMS NOW ON PRICES SLASHED ON ALL BLINDS FREE MEASURING & FITTING SERVICE EXCELLENT CHOICE OF FABRICS AT THE GENUINE SALE serving the people of Cork for over 50 years
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S e r v i n g C o r k f o r 1 2 0 y e a r s

EE - V1

EDITION NO. 34,828WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 RRP: e1.50

Recommendedretail price

€1.50

06.02.13

TONIGHT

WEATHER

L: 2°CIncreasingly

cloudy

Winds: NW at7-14 mph

R

Debbie O’Leary, girlfriend of former Irish and Munster rugbystar, Peter Stringer, poses along with work colleagues athairdressers Sobe Brown, in a Calendar girls style shoot.See page three for more. Also in tonight’s Wow! supplement,Debbie features in Street Style. Picture: Samantha Hunt

Stringer’s girl isa hair-raiser! Man stabbed

in city centre

Parents must ensure theirchildren don’t become bullies

A MAN was recovering today afterbeing stabbed four times on PatrickStreet in the early hours of thismorning.

He was involved in an altercation with an-other man at the junction of Patrick Streetand Winthrop Street, at around 1.30am.The victim, who is in his 20s, was stabbed

by the other man and was rushed to CorkUniversity Hospital.Gardaí said today that his injuries were not

life threatening.

By ANN MURPHYSecurity Correspondent

The scene on the city’s main thoroughfarewas sealed off until around 8am, and aforensics examination was carried out.However, the injured man has not yet made

a complaint to gardaí.A garda source said this morning that

gardaí are following a “certain line of en-quiry.”

PARENTS have the primary responsibility toensure their children do not become bullies,a seminar on cyber bullying heard last night.An information evening in City Hall, hostedby cloud computing company Trend Micro toencourage safe internet use, heard that theGovernment will never be able to make theinternet safe.Anthony O’Mara, a non-executive director ofTrend Micro, which has been leading acampaign for safer internet usage, said:“Parents have the responsibility to makesure their kids don’t become bullies.Whether you are on the receiving end orgiving end, it is up to parents to protect theirchildren and to put them out into society ina way that allows everyone to co-existeasily.”

By RONAN BAGNALL

Mr O’Mara said the idea of a safer internetwas just as complex as the idea of creating asafer society.He said young people do not have the samesense of privacy that the previous generationwas brought up with.“We have a generation now who want tohave a million friends.“People forget that once something is said,it’s out there forever. And you don’t have towork very hard to find it. Young people arenot really tuned into that, or maybe they justdon’t care.”● See page six for more.

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Old Mallow Rd,CorkTel. 021-4280400

Unit 5. EastsideS.C. BallincolligTel. 021-4876805

At The Rock,MidletonTel. 021-4639052

140 Bank Place,MallowTel. 022-51666

Patrick Street,FermoyTel. 025-30886

Unit 4.Casement Street,ClonakilityTel. 023-8858945

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