An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said Ireland needs to have a national conversation about pornography as our youth is becoming “tainted and corrupted” as a result of it. If you are a parent, worried about your children accessing adult material at home, there's certain steps you can take. 

Google has worked to develop a Safety Center for users. There's a particular area for those with children. This breakdowns how to place filters on sites such as YouTube and your browser. 

Click here to see the step-by-step guide for placing a filter on YouTube results. Enabling this feature will ensure that search results are suitable for all of the family. 

It's also possible to monitor and manage what search results are displayed within Google. Parents can set up "Supervised Users" within Google Chrome. This allows them to monitor the sites visited, but also block the sites they don't want their children to visit.