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EVENING HERALD FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2010 13
NEWS
PORTRAIT: The picture of Pearse House’s Tadhg and Aaron defying their concretesurroundings to enjoy the Dublin sunshine now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery
FROM PEARSE STREET TOPALACEGALLERY ... DUBLINBEACH BOYSMAKE IT BIGTHIS picture of two inner city Dublin boys isto feature in a London gallery alongsideimages of PrincesWilliam andHarry.A photo taken of Tadhg Benson and Aaron
Donoghue from Pearse House has beenplaced in the National Portrait Gallery inLondon.The photograph, entitled Beach Boys, was
taken by Rathfarnam-based photographerJeanette Lowe.Speaking to theHerald from London
where the exhibition opens this week, MsLowe said she was “thrilled” that thephotograph was accepted.The idea of doing a photography project
on Pearse House came toMs Lowe because ofher family connections with the place.“My grandmother was rehoused to Pearse
House and she raised a large familyincludingmymother there. I hadn't beenthere in years since the death of mygrandmother 30 years ago but I wanted tocapture the history of the place.”She says that she had been taking pictures
one day last June when she came across thetwo youngsters with their towels on their
way to the beach.“I love the contrast of their energy
compared with the stairs and now it's a nicestory of it ending up in London,” she said.This photograph was one of 60 accepted
for the exhibition from a total of 6,000submitted by over 2,000 photographersworldwide.“I've only realised how prestigious this
gallery is now that I am here. I love the ideathat these two boys are now hanging a flooraway from the queen and a few rooms awayfrom portraits of PrinceWilliam and PrinceHarry,” Ms Lowe said.She went on to say that she had since
spoken to the two boys, who were sevenyears old at the time of the photo beingtaken.“I expected them to be these big lads now
but they are still small boys. They arethrilled about the photo being in the galleryand the parents are delighted,” she said.The exhibition will run until February 20,
2011.
–MAEVE GALVIN
Facebookusers‘post toomuchpersonal detail’By Kevin Doyle
BIG BROTHERdoesn't need towatch anymore because peopleare openly posting potentiallydamaging information onFacebook.The social networking site is
now being routinely used byemployers to scout workersleading psychologists to warnthat the “honeymoon is over”.More than 500million people
use the site to share pictures,messages and video links withfriends – but they are nowbeingadvised that it is “not aboutplaytime anymore”.Dublin Business School psy-
chologist Dr Ciaran McMahonhas carried out a review of dataon the site which found thatmost users need to rethink theirnetworking habits.He discovered that profes-
sionals are throwing caution tothe wind and should be payingmore attention towhat they arewriting about online as it canhave a direct impact on theirrelationship with clients.The warning comes as a new
tool has been created to pre-vent people fromposting drunk-en late-night messages.The Social Media Sobriety
Test requires users to perform aseries of online co-ordinationtests before allowing them topost messages or photos thatthey may later regret.Dr McMahon's study found
men were more careless thanwomen.Men pay less attentionto their privacy settings and aremore open about sharing infor-mation that has the potential toreflect badly on them.
SEXThe content posted bymen caninclude details relating to drugs,alcohol consumption and theirsex lives, whereaswomenmost-ly use the site to maintain rela-tionships with friends.Dr McMahon said many
social networking sites “accu-rately reflect personalities” andhave therefore become a “scien-tifically justified” research toolfor potential employers. Hecalled it a “nightmare scenario”.Facebook can also tell a lot
about a person's psychologicalstate.
“The constant updating ofstatus, the constant uploadingof photos and the need to joinlarge numbers can reflect highlevels of narcissism or lowself-esteem.“Youwill find a narcissist will
have lots of pictures of them-selves while the person withthe lower self-esteem willhave lots of pictures of otherpeople,” said Dr McMahon.However, the warning coin-
cides with the launch of thenew tool that should help stopsome unsuitable informationfrom making its way online.The safety switch can be
used on Facebook and othersocial networking sites, includ-ing MySpace, Flickr andYouTube.Users will be able to protect
themselves with the tool bychoosing which sites to blockand selecting the hours theyconsider themselves most atrisk from drunken decisions.Access to the sites during
these hourswill require the userpassing a randomly-selectedsobriety test such as draggingthe mouse in a straight line ortyping the alphabet backwards.