Wi Fi is generally quite good in most parts of Ireland, it’s excellent in France, but surprisingly patchy in Australia.

We also accumulated a lot of footage, approximately six hundred hours.

You can create 15 second videos miming along to songs, performing comedy, dance or creating music videos.

lets you share videos with friends or anyone online. Snapchat lets you send a photo, video or message to friends.

We missed him madly, but since then, the majority of our big and small family moments, our celebrations and commiserations, have been shared via a small screen.

We Irish have such a long history of emigration, so I knew that my own situation would be all-too-familiar to many.

Google nailed email with the 2004 introduction of Gmail.

My brother emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 2008.

Video is one of the most popular methods of communicaton for young people.

You may find it helps your child to stay in contact with family members, talk with multiple friends at any one time, or just get creative. It's important that both adults and children understand the dangers involved in using video apps and broadcasting live content - and what to do to keep children and young people safe. We've got all the information you need about the latest apps, what the risks are and what you can do to keep your child safe online.

But as traditional email falls out of favour with a growing sliver of the population, Google has struggled to make its messaging tools relevant or introduce new ones that resonate with younger users.

Now Google is trying again with a new video chat application called Duo.