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2023
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off for International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 05:34 Irish time this morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre.
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Mar 2nd 2023, 7:00 AM
Poll: Have you ever bought anything because an 'influencer' posted about it?
Research from the advertising watchdog reveals only one in 10 people have trust in what influencers post on social media.
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Mar 1st 2023, 10:59 AM
The Sunday Times to donate €25,000 to HIV Ireland following inaccurate article
An article in the paper wrongly claimed Angelo Andreucetti was addicted to heroin. He died from an AIDS-related illness in 1994.
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Mar 1st 2023, 6:00 AM
Containment measures prevented spread of cyber attack across Virgin Media Television servers
In its statement last night Virgin Media Television stressed that the hack had been fully contained, “isolated and terminated”.
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Feb 21st 2023, 7:38 PM
Laura Whitmore rapped by UK regulator for TikTok and Instagram posts about Irish gin
The ads for The Muff Liquor Company, seen in July, featured Whitmore drinking alcohol while dancing.
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Feb 8th 2023, 7:40 AM
US tech giant Dell to cut 5% of its global workforce, around 6,650 employees
The computer firm employs over 5,000 people in Ireland.
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Feb 6th 2023, 2:11 PM
Shell profits double to €38 billion in 2022, the highest in the company's 115-year history
The figure was more than double the amount in 2021.
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Feb 2nd 2023, 11:44 AM
Rare green comet to be visible from Ireland for the first time in 50,000 years
Travelling as far as possible away from cities and bright lights will increase your odds of a good view.
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Jan 24th 2023, 5:05 PM
Bank of Ireland increasing fixed mortgage rates again
The banks’s fixed interest rates will increase by 0.75% for all new mortgage loan drawdowns.
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Jan 24th 2023, 1:17 PM
Ulster Bank announces final closure dates for 63 branches across Ireland
Ulster Bank Chief Executive Jane Howard described the withdrawal of their services from communities as “poignant”.
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Jan 24th 2023, 11:56 AM
Argos set to close all Irish outlets by June
The company employs around 580 people across 34 stores in Ireland.
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Jan 19th 2023, 1:00 PM
Co-founder of collapsed crypto exchange pleads not guilty to fraud
FTX and its sister trading house Alameda Research went bankrupt in November, dissolving a virtual trading business that at one point had been valued by the market at $32 billion.
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Jan 3rd 2023, 8:00 PM
Last year
2022
U2 members buy out partner company in group's 'world class' visitor centre proposal
Planning documents lodged with the scheme expect that the centre would attract around 390,000 U2 fans to the capital each year.
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Dec 23rd 2022, 7:41 AM
Facebook Marketplace breaches EU antitrust laws, says Commission
The Commission said it takes issue with Meta tying Facebook Marketplace to the Facebook social networking service.
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Dec 19th 2022, 1:01 PM
UK to cut banking controls and axe EU rules in bid for growth
British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will unveil the reforms in Scotland tomorrow.
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Dec 8th 2022, 10:52 PM
Newsletter: What's going on with plans to give workers a better work-life balance?
There was fury in the Dáil last night as the government was accused of watering down legislation.
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Dec 8th 2022, 11:37 AM
A new transatlantic airline will begin flying from Belfast next summer
Flights will start to go on sale from the beginning of 2024.
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Nov 22nd 2022, 11:59 AM
FactCheck: Is the State the ‘biggest player in housing’?
The Taoiseach made this claim multiple times in the Dáil since 2021
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Nov 22nd 2022, 6:00 AM
Posting through it: The deepening absurdity of online billionaire behaviour
No amount of money can stop you from being cringe on the internet, writes Carl Kinsella.
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Nov 19th 2022, 9:00 AM
Permanent TSB becomes latest bank to raise interest on fixed rate mortgages
The increases will range from 0.05% to 0.9% depending on a range of factors.
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Nov 18th 2022, 7:51 AM
Government 'will be there to help' as Irish job losses at Meta expected to begin this morning
The Tánaiste says he is ‘confident’ Meta ‘will honour all their legal obligations in relation to redundancy information and consultation’.
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Nov 9th 2022, 7:48 AM
State to sell off further 8% stake in AIB, Donohoe announces
The State’s shareholding in AIB will reduce from 62% to 57%.
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Nov 7th 2022, 7:16 PM
Tech companies expanded ‘a little too quickly’, Varadkar says
Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar said his sympathies were with Stripe and Twitter employees who had lost their jobs.
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Nov 4th 2022, 6:26 PM
UK's 'largest ever outbreak of bird flu' prompts legal order to keep poultry indoors
Ireland’s Dept of Agriculture has asked birdkeepers to mitigate agains spread but no such legal order is in force here.
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Oct 31st 2022, 4:05 PM
Expected interest rate hike may help 'contain' house prices, says Varadkar
The ECB’s 25-member governing council is likely to lift its key interest rates by 75 points for the second consecutive time.
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Oct 27th 2022, 9:44 AM
Housing minister welcomes mortgage rule change but concerns raised about house price increases
Concerns have been raised about increasing borrowing limits when supply remains low.
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Oct 19th 2022, 3:17 PM
Central Bank rule change: First-time buyers to be able to borrow four times gross income
A review into mortgage lending began last year.
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Oct 19th 2022, 11:38 AM
'Fraggle Rock, a father's tears and Lesley the Viking' - A weekend at Manchester City
The42 visited the Premier League champions to watch Ireland’s Gavin Bazunu face Erling Haaland up close with Southampton. But that was only part of the story.
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Oct 10th 2022, 5:00 PM
Spotify acquires Dublin-based tech firm Kinzen to detect harmful content
The company was set up by Storyful founder Mark Little and ex-Facebook executive Áine Kerr.
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Oct 5th 2022, 4:16 PM
Elon Musk offers to end legal fight and buy Twitter for original offer price of $44 billion
It comes just two weeks before Twitter’s lawsuit seeking to force the Tesla chief to go through with the deal goes to trial.
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Oct 4th 2022, 9:19 PM
FactCheck: Is the renters' €500 tax credit just worth seven days' rent in Dublin?
The claim was made by a housing charity after the budget was announced.
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Sep 28th 2022, 3:51 PM
New tax credit worth €500 to be introduced for renters
The tax credit can be claimed for 2022.
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Sep 27th 2022, 2:31 PM
Irish State no longer a shareholder in Bank of Ireland following sale of shares
Proceeds generated from the trade amount to approximately €841 million.
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Sep 23rd 2022, 3:39 PM
'Absurd and frightening': How high could 'skyrocketing' energy prices go this winter?
Tough choices lie ahead in both the short and long term.
Experts agree that the energy price crisis is likely to get worse in the coming months and year ahead.
The UK's energy price cap nearly doubled last week and is an indicator of what consumers in Ireland are facing.
In the short-term, governments must intervene but in the long-term it's about renewable energy.
Price hikes: SSE Airtricity to increase gas bills by 39% and electricity by 35.4%
17,000 apply for emergency social welfare payments for food, fuel and clothing in July alone
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Aug 29th 2022, 11:30 PM
The Glider: Could Belfast's tram-like bendy bus be the model for other Irish cities?
The system has been suggested as a kind of gateway to light rail infrastructure.
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Aug 14th 2022, 7:00 PM
Revealed: The makes, models and test centres with the highest (and lowest) NCT pass rates
Three of the top four cars are SUVs.
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Aug 13th 2022, 6:45 AM
Property prices have now reached the same level as the Celtic Tiger peak - CSO
The high follows a 14.1% price increase over the past year.
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Aug 12th 2022, 11:55 AM
Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud in countersuit over abandoned $44 billion takeover
In its own filing, Twitter rejected the billionaire’s argument, calling it “as implausible and contrary to fact as it sounds.”
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Aug 5th 2022, 7:00 PM
Ex IBM manager: Pay, political neglect and public indifference all to blame for cyber failings
Paul Farrell retired as IBM Ireland’s General Manager last year but also was an officer in the Irish Defence Forces
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Jul 31st 2022, 9:00 AM
NI businesses experiencing a 'feast or famine' economy due to protocol - report
The report was released by a UK parliamentary committee.
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Jul 27th 2022, 7:35 AM
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