Ireland

Tech News

Ireland targets social media companies over hate speech

A number of the top ten social media companies in the world have major offices in Dublin including Meta, X and TikTok.

15/08/2024

Ireland

Sinn Fein tries to claw back Irish votes as anti-immigrant anger rises

Not long ago looking like a government-in-waiting, Ireland's leftist nationalist party suddenly finds itself out of step with a core constituency.

02/08/2024

Europe

Ireland to reduce welfare payments to Ukrainian refugees

The Irish government said its proposed reduction in welfare payments brought the country into line with most EU states, while its opponents believe it will create further poverty, especially affecting children.

01/08/2024

Culture news

Sinéad O’Connor’s cause of death revealed – one year after her death

Beloved singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, according to her death certificate.

29/07/2024

Culture news

Critically acclaimed Irish writer Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

O'Brien's debut novel “The Country Girls” made her Ireland’s most notorious exile since James Joyce.

29/07/2024

Europe

Zelenskyy stops in Ireland on way back from NATO summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris at Shannon airport in the west of Ireland on Saturday. About President Biden's slip of the tongue at the NATO summit he said: "We can forget mistakes".

13/07/2024

Business

Pilots union calls off industrial action at Aer Lingus

The Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) has endorsed a pay recommendation proposed by the Labour Court.

11/07/2024

Economy

Price of constructing apartments sky-high in these European cities

A new Irish report compares the cost of building the same apartment in ten European cities.

04/07/2024

Business

Aer Lingus to meet with pilots as union prepares for weekend strike

The two parties are hoping to resolve a pay dispute that has already led to 270 flight cancellations.

27/06/2024

Business

Aer Lingus pilots plan to take action over wage dispute

The Irish airline is warning of significant travel disruption this summer as pay dispute escalates.

18/06/2024

Business

Pilots to announce decision of Aer Lingus strike ballot

Results are expected to show pilots in favour of strikes over an ongoing wage dispute.

17/06/2024

Europe

Polling open in Ireland for EU elections

The vote comes amid backlash against rising migration and severe housing shortages in Ireland.

07/06/2024

World

Simon Harris: Ireland recognised Palestine to push two-state solution

As Ireland, Spain and Norway recognise the State of Palestine in order to breathe new life into the two state solution, Shona Murray spoke to Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris about this historic move, for the Global Conversation.

31/05/2024

Economy

Ireland's asylum seeker crisis: Services at breaking point

An understaffed healthcare system and housing shortages are problems that have plagued Ireland for years. As the country now grapples with an influx of asylum seekers, how does the government plan to support them - and its residents?

31/05/2024

Tech News

Irish data watchdog issued record privacy fines of €1.55 billion

The Data Protection Commission saw an increase in new complaints from individuals between 2022 and 2023.

30/05/2024

Europe

Why do Ireland's newest parties care about immigration issues?

Representatives from Ireland's newest political parties line up to explain why immigration tops their policy platforms for the upcoming 2024 European elections.

29/05/2024

Ireland

Severe turbulence injures 12 on Ireland-bound flight

It comes after a passenger died and dozens were injured due to turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London last week.

26/05/2024

Climate

Euroviews. Migration policies must improve to meet Europe’s green building goals

European construction industries need reforms to migration policies to offer straightforward, legal pathways for technical trades workers to enter their countries and perform much-needed jobs, Claire Kumar writes.

22/05/2024

Climate Now

Can you have a climate-neutral profit-making dairy farm?

In partnership with Copernicus

The Farm Zero C project in Ireland aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions and still make a profit. Can it be done?

20/05/2024

Business

IBM announces plans to create 800 new high-tech jobs across Ireland

IBM has announced plans to create 800 new AI jobs across Ireland over the next three years as big tech companies continue to invest in the country.

17/05/2024

Europe

Ireland struggles to deal with migrant influx across UK border

London's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has many already inside the UK fearing for their safety, leading many to cross the Irish border.

09/05/2024

Europe

Anti-immigration protest brings central Dublin to a halt

The last year has seen rising tensions on the island of Ireland over how to accommodate immigrants as the far right increasingly exploits the issue.

08/05/2024

Europe

Ireland to begin sending asylum seekers back to the UK 'by end of May'

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak say the increase in migrant numbers crossing over to Ireland proves that his controversial Rwanda policy is working.

01/05/2024

Europe

UK and Irish ministers to meet amidst migration row

The meeting between the Irish Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the British Home Secretary James Cleverly was postponed last minute on Sunday evening.

29/04/2024

Ireland

Ireland seeks emergency law to return asylum seekers back to UK

Ireland is seeking an emergency law to allow the return of asylum seekers to the UK amid concerns over increased arrivals through Northern Ireland linked to Rishi Sunak's Rwanda deterrence plan.

28/04/2024

Tech News

TikTok and YouTube show toxic content in just 23 minutes to teen boys

A new study looked at how long it took for TikTok and YouTube Shorts to recommend misogynistic content to the accounts of young men.

23/04/2024