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How much is too much time to spend online?

Is a life lived online good or bad for us? Alex Meehan sets out to investigate

Dr. Liam Challenor, psychologist of cyberpsychology. Picture by Fergal Phillips

Have you come across the phrase ‘very online’? It’s used to refer to people who live a large proportion of their lives online, and for whom what happens on the internet is a major concern.

These are the people who get caught up in disagreements and arguments online to the extent that they leak out of their smartphones and impact their everyday lives. And yet, step away from the net and it becomes apparent that ...