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File photo dated 16/03/23 of the app for TikTok on a phone screen. TikTok is now the most used single source of news across all platforms for teenagers in the UK, new research from Ofcom has found. The regulator's News Consumption In The UK 2022/23 report found TikTok is the favoured single news source among 12 to 15-year-olds. TikTok is most popular with young people and used by 28% of teenagers, followed by YouTube and Instagram, both at 25%, according to the figures. Issue date: Thursday July 20, 2023.

TikTok finds and shuts down secret operation to stir up conflict in Ireland

TikTok has uncovered and shut down a secretive operation to influence Irish users and whip up social conflict. The covert influence operation (CIO) network comprised 72 accounts with a total following of almost 95,000 users. The video sharing platform’s work to find and remove the accounts was detailed in a report to the European Commission. […]

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Facebook parent company fined 265 million euro by Irish data watchdog

Tech giant Meta has been fined 265 million euro by Ireland’s data protection watchdog for breaching EU data privacy laws. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the sanction against the Facebook parent company for failing to protect millions of Facebook users’ personal data, such as telephone numbers and email addresses, from being “scraped” and published […]

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Twitter confirms 140 redundancies in Ireland

Twitter has confirmed 140 redundancies in Dublin, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment said. Leo Varadkar declined to speculate if more job losses could be on the way. “We did receive, at long last, the redundancy notice from Twitter today in the department, it’s about 140 redundancies,” he said. “My thoughts are with […]

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An Post Issuing Stamps to Celebrate Women in Sport

An Post has announced a new stamp issue which will celebrate women in sport. The issue of six stamps celebrate six Irish women: Rachael Blackmore, who became the first female top jockey at Cheltenham and the first female Aintree Grand National winner.Kellie Harrington and Katie Taylor, both of whom are Olympic boxing gold medallists, and Katie […]

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Irish Government COVID Cert Basics

The Irish government has started issuing certificates to people who have been vaccinated. If you were vaccinated via one of the HSE’s vaccination centres then you will receive your cert via email. If you were vaccinated via a GP then you’ll get it in the post. The emails are sent from: no-reply-dcc@health.gov.ie The email subject […]

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Heaps of Irish-Related Films on Netflix for Paddy’s Day

Má tá tú scoite amach, féin-aonaraithe, Lá ‘le Pádraig, bíodh ‘fhios agat go bhfuil go leor ábhar Éireannach ar Netflix faoi lathair. Lost Girls When Mari Gilbert’s (Academy Award® nominee Amy Ryan) daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention […]

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David Curtin, Chief Executive of IE Domain Registry pictured with Rasa Levinaite, owner of The Wicklow Street Clinic, Dublin. The Dublin-based clinic was announced as the 250,000th .ie domain registered in Ireland, www.thewicklowstreetclinic.ie. According to the latest IE Domain Registry .ie Domain Profile Report, 28,126 .ie domains were registered between January and the end of June 2018 (H1 2018).

.IE Domain Registry Reaches a Quarter of a Million Domain Names

There are now over a quarter of a million registered .IE domains, according to IE Domain Registry, the company that manages and maintains Ireland’s country domain, .IE. The newly rebranded Dublin-based beauty salon, The Wicklow Street Clinic, was the 250,000th registered .IE domain name. Continued Growth The recent IE Domain Registry Domain Profile Report for […]

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