Over 200,000 people participated in Safer Internet Day 2025 in Ireland! 

This year’s initiatives tackled a wide variety of important topics, from cyberbullying and image sharing to privacy, online wellbeing, digital rights, and the 2025 theme: “Prepare/Protect/Thrive – navigating algorithms and influencers”.

The standard of entries to the SID 2025 awards in Ireland was outstanding.  

SID Award 2025 winners 

Best overall campaign – post-primary

Winner: Patrician Academy, Mallow

Highly commended:
Presentation Secondary School, Waterford
Virginia College
Sacred Heart School Tullamore

SID Ambassador leadership award

Winners: Órla and Kaitlyn – Presentation Secondary School Kilkenny

Highly commended:
Ciarán and Alan – Patrician Academy, Mallow
Marcel and Sean – Rockbrook Park School
Maryam and Hannah – Sacred Heart Secondary School Tullamore

Best overall campaign – primary

Winner: Castlebar Primary School

Highly commended:
Scoil Mhuire na nAingeal, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Scoil Ghleanna Maghair Íochtaraigh New Inn N.S, Glanmire, Co. Cork
St. Joseph’s P.S. / Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

HTML Heroes – colouring competition winners

5th-6th class: Ellen – New Inn NS, Co. Cork

3rd-4th class: Erika – St. Brigid’s NS, Redhills, Co. Cavan

1st-2nd class: Sean – Carrig NS, Ballycommon, Co. Tipperary

Junior-senior infants: Tessa – St. Joseph’s National School, Mulhussey, Co. Meath

Learn more about Safer Internet Day activities in Ireland on their SID page and in this article with the main higlights of SID 2025 in Ireland.

Find more information about the work of the Irish Safer Internet Centre, including its awareness raising, helpline, hotline, and youth participation services, or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.