It’s caused a tsunami of concern in the UK. And it should be doing the same here.

Ireland has the same toxic childhood culture as the UK, driven by the same social media leaking the same poisoned ideology of misogynism and toxic masculinity.

Social media has the same iron grip and the same kind of ‘parenting’ influence on the minds of Irish kids that the UK is now so fearfully acknowledging is the case, with theirs following the launch of Adolescence, the smash-hit mini-series on Netflix.

The drama focuses on the growing culture of aggression and violence towards women as a result of the influence of incels (Involuntary Celibates), an ideology which points the finger at women for male inability to form good relationships or, indeed, any relationships, and for men’s perceived lack of opportunities in the world.

A worried, even frightened, debate has arisen in Britain as a result of the series, which centres around the fictional story of a 13-year-old Yorkshire lad accused of the fatal multiple stabbing of a fellow student, and what factors may have motivated him to murder her.

There have been newspaper headlines, highbrow discussions on TV, a debate in the House of Commons, and discussions on American talk shows.

A Labour MP has called for the series to be screened in the British parliament and in schools. It could, she declared, play a role in helping to counter a growing culture of misogyny and violence against women and girls.

British Prime Minister Kier Starmer has praised the series, revealing that he’d watched it with his own teenagers.

The scriptwriter has urged the UK government to take action to tackle the issues that are raised in the series, primarily the........

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