Jonathan Keane
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Journalist at The Currency Dublin, Ireland
Chinese e-commerce giant JD preparing Dublin office in European expansion
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com preparing Dublin office in European expansion - The Currency
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is joining its rivals Temu and Shein in establishing a base in Dublin. The company, which is often referred to as the Chinese Amazon and recently made a fresh play for ...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/227292/chinese-e-commerce-giant-jd-com-preparing-dublin-office-in-european-expansion/
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Revealed: Ireland approved €20m in dual-use exports to IDF and Israeli Defence Ministry at height of Gaza war
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Revealed: Ireland approved €20m in dual-use exports to IDF and Israeli Defence Ministry at height of Gaza war - The Currency
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment sanctioned the export of €20 million worth of dual-use technology with civilian and military capabilities to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/226977/revealed-ireland-approved-e20m-in-dual-use-exports-to-idf-and-israeli-defence-ministry-at-height-of-gaza-war/
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Seven years ago, Timaero Ireland, an aircraft lessor linked to Russian bank VEB, sued Boeing. Years on Boeing is becoming more and more annoyed with the company in the long-running discovery process.
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“Deficient for more than half a decade”: Boeing ramps up pressure on Irish arm of Russian lessor - The Currency
In a long running court battle, Boeing has voiced further frustration with the Irish base of Russian aircraft lessor Timaero in a dispute that has thrown up several curveballs and delays. Timaero Irel...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/226050/deficient-for-more-than-half-a-decade-boeing-ramps-up-pressure-on-irish-arm-of-russian-lessor/
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The West of Ireland has produced several successful medtech start-ups, with backing from the Western Development Commission. We looked at those investments and how internally WDC is trying to prevent any over-reliance on the sector for returns in its fund.
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The West’s medtech model: Profitable – but potentially precarious - The Currency
The Western Development Commission, as a key pillar in Ireland’s strategy for developing regional economies, has amassed an expertise in backing medtech start-ups – with several yielding returns on bu...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/222343/the-wests-medtech-model-profitable-but-potentially-precarious/
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Deja vu
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Canada’s beef producers say Mercosur trade deal will devastate industry
Farmers fear a flood of cheap meat as Carney government looks for entry to South American bloc
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Happy Mercosur day to all who celebrate
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As Mercosur (sort of) kicks off, the EU is trying to drive more trade deals over the line - The Currency
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement takes effect this Friday after 25 years of negotiations – with a major caveat. The deal applies only provisionally as the Court of Justice of the European Union conside...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/225367/as-mercosur-sort-of-kicks-off-the-eu-is-trying-to-drive-more-trade-deals-over-the-line/
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The latest in the saga of Logix Aero vs Siam Aero: the curious case of the hackers and the missing $820k. Logix failed in its appeal this week meanwhile questions abound about Siam Aero after it was sanctioned by the UK earlier this year.
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Logix Aero spurned in hacking appeal against sanctioned Thailand firm - The Currency
Logix Aero, an Ireland-based aircraft engine trader, has failed in its appeal against a sanctioned Thai engine dealer over a hacking incident that saw the company lose more than €750,000. For over a y...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/225551/logix-aero-spurned-in-hacking-appeal-against-sanctioned-thailand-firm/
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Tanks vs tractors: Ireland prepares to steer €2tn crunch European budget talks My colleague Thomas and I look at the state of play in the MFF and CAP as Ireland prepares to take over the EU presidency.
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Tanks vs tractors: Ireland prepares to steer €2tn crunch European budget talks - The Currency
Every seven years, the EU must agree its budget. The next one will cover the period 2028-2034 and, for it to be ready in time, pressing questions yet to be answered after the European Commission’s €2 ...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/224580/tanks-vs-tractors-ireland-prepares-to-steer-e2tn-crunch-eu-budget-talks/
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My interview with EU sanctions envoy David O'Sullivan where we talked four years of sanctions packages against Russia, efforts to crack down on circumvention and the recent controversy around Aughinish Alumina.
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“It's all about constantly refining sanctions to close the loopholes” - The Currency
On the eighth floor of the Berlaymont, the European Commission’s sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan is preparing for a busy couple of days. It is the eve of the EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russi...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/225140/its-all-about-constantly-refining-and-improving-our-sanctions-to-close-the-loopholes/
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Five years later, there are lingering headaches for Kargo and Stitcher Ads, the Waterford tech firm that it acquired for €55m with a dispute over earnouts for some shareholders on each side of the Atlantic.
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Five years on, a dispute over earn-outs haunts Kargo’s acquisition of StitcherAds - The Currency
In 2021, Kargo, the US adtech firm led by Harry Kargman, wrote a €55 million cheque for the Waterford company StitcherAds. Five years later, it is cheques unwritten that are casting a shadow as the US...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/223146/five-years-on-a-dispute-over-earn-outs-haunts-kargos-acquisition-of-stitcherads/
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Minister pledges to understand own brief.
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The net actually tightened.
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Meta's pervert glasses about to get to even more dangerous.
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Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ray-ban-oakley-smart-glasses-no-face-recognition-civil-society/
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Remember that fake WhatsApp voice note that kicked off during Covid about the army being deployed to enforce lockdowns? Have your gear ready for the morning, lads. That one. Honestly shocked that hasn't been dusted off by the lads and used to claim O'Connell Street is being wiped out.
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The EU in its Buy European push is upset with Canada and its Buy Canadian push.
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18 member states were reprimanded by the European Commission last year for delays in transposing a new sanctions directive. A year after deadline, several countries including Italy and Germany have moved ahead. Ireland still lags behind.
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Ireland is still behind on implementing new EU sanctions laws - The Currency
Ireland continues to lag behind on sanctions enforcement in the EU with further delays in transposing an important new directive. The sanctions directive introduced clearer definitions of criminal off...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/222763/ireland-is-still-behind-on-implementing-new-eu-sanctions-laws/
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Kneecap in Cuba: Was it an act of protest or propaganda? Hannah McCarthy visits Cuba to find out...
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Kneecap in Cuba: Was it an act of protest or propaganda?
Irish solidarity with the Cuban people does not need to involve ‘greenwashing’ the Cuban government, writes Hannah McCarthy.
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How investors’ three-year legal battles against No-H2O withered away Lawsuits in the US against the car wash company never reached trial. Instead, there are withdrawn claims and default judgments. Now its former boss wants to draw a line under it.
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How investors’ three-year legal battles against No-H2O withered away - The Currency
In January, a long-running legal case in Florida that ensnared Irish car-washing company No-H2O for nearly three years was dismissed, pulling the curtain on a lengthy saga for the Irish business. No-H...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/221242/how-investors-three-year-legal-battles-against-no-h2o-withered-away/
about 2 months ago
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Lay-offs at Chinese games company NetEase over the last year have gradually seen its Irish office whittled down to nothing.
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Chinese games giant NetEase quietly set up a Dublin office. Now it’s been quietly shut down - The Currency
Chinese games company NetEase, which has developed games for Marvel and Pokémon, has been gradually cutting down its Dublin office, with the last remaining personnel informed of lay-offs. NetEase, led...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/220603/chinese-games-giant-netease-quietly-set-up-a-dublin-office-now-its-been-quietly-shut-down/
about 2 months ago
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1/3 This certainly won't break the bank for Apple but its Irish subsidiary Apple Distribution International (ADI) has been fined £390k for payments made through the app store to Russian streaming platform Okko.
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1/2 Filed FOI request with the European Commission on Nov 10th 2025 in relation to Michael McGrath's China trip last year. It took more than four months to be told today, Mar 27th 2026, that no the records won't be released.
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Falcon Oil & Gas is close to finalising its deal to be acquired but it's got a sanctions problem.
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The oligarch casting a shadow over Falcon Oil & Gas’s €134m deal - The Currency
It took several attempts, but Falcon Oil & Gas finally got court approval for its €134 million acquisition – with a caveat. The Irish oil and gas explorer was seeking court approval in Canada for a pl...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/221881/the-oligarch-casting-a-shadow-over-falcon-oil-gass-e134m-deal/
about 2 months ago
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I sat down with Yoel Roth, head of trust and safety at Match Group, while he was in Dublin to talk online safety, AI and how dating apps are falling through the cracks of the Digital Services Act.
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Tinder safety chief: “The DSA just wasn't built to deal with situations like ours” - The Currency
Yoel Roth is making a stop in Dublin on an extensive European tour of duty for the head of trust and safety at the Match Group. Match Group is the company behind of some of the world’s best-known dati...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/221661/the-dsa-just-wasnt-built-to-deal-with-situations-like-ours/
about 2 months ago
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Yesterday we published this piece into Anduril's presence in Ireland, how it's growing and who its customers are. Today Wired has this behind-the-curtains look at Anduril's manufacturing bases and the worker accidents and setbacks there. Definitely worth a read.
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about 2 months ago
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Last year Anduril acquired Irish company Klas. Its Voyager comms equipment is now being integrated further and further into Anduril's business, including a new US military contract worth up to $20bn.
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Irish-made Voyager tech part of $20bn Anduril mega deal with US military - The Currency
Communications equipment built by Irish company Klas features in a $20 billion contract between AI defence firm Anduril and the US military. This month, Anduril, the AI-driven drones and weapons maker...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/221412/irish-made-voyager-tech-part-of-20bn-mega-deal-with-anduril-and-the-us-military/
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Incredible reporting here.
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about 2 months ago
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Beware the pervert glasses.
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The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-ray-ban-meta-creep/
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The Russian tycoon, the Irish fintech and the “death knell” of a $5m loan Oleg Boyko loaned $5m to the Irish arm of fintech firm E21 but the company argues sanctions prevent repayment. Legal proceedings are playing out in the UK and US.
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The Russian tycoon, the Irish fintech and the “death knell” of a $5m loan - The Currency
Oleg Boyko made his fortune in the manic shift to capitalism in Russia in the 1990s, investing in the nascent banking sector after the fall of communism. He founded an investment firm and made lucrati...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/220441/the-russian-tycoon-the-irish-fintech-and-the-death-knell-of-a-5m-loan/
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Belfast’s Harland & Wolff has been pulled from the EU’s shipbreaking list The list details European and international shipyards for breaking down and recycling EU-flagged vessels but the Belfast yard did not provide the “necessary information for renewal”.
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Belfast’s Harland & Wolff has been pulled from the EU’s shipbreaking list - The Currency
Belfast shipyard Harland & Wolff has been removed from the EU’s list of approved ship recycling facilities. The EU maintains a list of approved shipyards for dismantling and recycling EU-flagged vesse...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/219780/belfasts-harland-wolff-has-been-pulled-from-the-eus-shipbreaking-list/
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The latest chapter in the ever-evolving and neverending tale of the liquidation of Russia's GTLK.
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Russian lessor GTLK is in a spat with Qatar Airways over access to sanctions documents - The Currency
GTLK, the sanctioned Russian aircraft lessor registered in Ireland, is in a dispute with Qatar Airways in the English courts over disclosing certain information about the US sanctions against it. An I...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/219717/russian-lessor-gtlk-is-in-a-spat-with-qatar-airways-over-access-to-sanctions-documents/
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Project Oasis and a frustrated Middle East deal: SolarWinds’ WRC dispute A former sales manager at the cybersecurity company’s Irish office, serving the Middle East market, contested his firing but failed in his claim that it was retaliation for whistleblowing.
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Project Oasis and a frustrated Middle East deal: SolarWinds’ WRC dispute - The Currency
For almost 20 years, the multi-billion-dollar cybersecurity firm SolarWinds has operated out of Ireland, serving its international clients from Cork and Dublin with hundreds of employees. The US compa...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/219033/project-oasis-and-a-frustrated-middle-east-deal-solarwinds-wrc-dispute/
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And still there are people out there that will try to tell you that Kalshi and Polymarket aren't gambling.
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‘Is This Insider Information?’ The Prediction Market Bets Driving a Campus Frenzy
Kalshi and Polymarket pour money into deals with social-media influencers and students, who try to parlay rumors into cash.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/prediction-markets-campus-e57cd19f?mod=hp_lead_pos8
2 months ago
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An update here. Siam Aero, the respondent in this case, was sanctioned by the UK this week in its latest Russia package.
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“Fox in the henhouse”: Logix Aero’s bid to revive its $820k hacker case Irish aircraft parts trader was duped out of $820,000 when a fraudster intercepted its email exchanges with a Thai dealer. In an appeal, it argues the Thai firm bears some responsibility.
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“Fox in the henhouse”: Logix Aero’s bid to revive its $820k hacker case - The Currency
When a hacker intercepts communications between a buyer and a seller and siphons off the proceeds, does one of the parties bear some responsibility? That is a question being hammered out in a London c...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/218055/fox-in-the-henhouse-logix-aeros-bid-to-revive-its-820k-hacker-case/
3 months ago
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How DAA became entangled in a bitter row over a luxury terminal at a DC airport
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How DAA became entangled in a bitter row over a luxury terminal at a DC airport - The Currency
Nearly 30 million people fly through Washington Dulles airport every year, on the doorstep of the US capital. Most of those flyers will enter and exit through its main terminal. But the operators of t...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/217459/how-daa-get-entangled-in-a-bitter-row-over-a-luxury-terminal-at-a-dc-airport/
3 months ago
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Enhanced cooperation: Enrico Letta makes his case for a deeper unified EU market in Irish visit
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Enhanced cooperation: Enrico Letta makes his case for a deeper unified EU market in Irish visit - The Currency
Enrico Letta, one of the champions of the EU’s competitiveness bent, is floating a structure for making central supervisory authorities for financial services more palatable to Ireland. Talking points...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/217252/enhanced-cooperation-enrico-letta-makes-his-case-for-a-deeper-unified-eu-market-in-irish-visit/
3 months ago
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Fraud, bribery and the 200 jobs that never were: The collapse of ASG’s Irish expansion
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Fraud, bribery and the 200 jobs that never were: The collapse of ASG’s Irish expansion - The Currency
In May 2019, IDA Ireland held a dual event in Sligo and Waterford to cut the ribbons on two new offices and champion the arrival of the state agency’s latest FDI arrival in Ireland. Allstate Sales Gro...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/216635/fraud-bribery-and-the-200-jobs-that-never-was-the-collapse-of-asgs-irish-expansion/
3 months ago
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Alex Gerko’s XTX Markets wants its case against Aviva back to square one
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Alex Gerko’s XTX Markets wants its case against Aviva back to square one - The Currency
Alex Gerko, the Russian-born but British-based trader worth up to £12 billion (€13.8 billion), wants another swing at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Gerko’s firm, XTX Markets, took legal ac...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/216764/alex-gerkos-xtx-markets-wants-its-case-against-aviva-back-to-square-one/
3 months ago
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Max Doyle of Cork's Doyle Shipping Group is raising a $20 million fund called Freight Ventures to invest in early-stage supply chain start-ups.
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Doyle Shipping director is raising a $20m fund to back supply-chain start-ups - The Currency
A director from Doyle Shipping Group is raising a $20 million (€16.8 million) venture capital fund to invest in early-stage supply chain start-ups. Freight Ventures is led by Max Doyle, a director at ...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/216829/doyle-shipping-director-is-raising-a-20m-fund-to-back-supply-chain-start-ups/
3 months ago
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Google’s global affairs boss wants Ireland’s EU presidency to push simplification The tech giant's chief lobbyist, Kent Walker, was speaking in Dublin on EU tech regulation, Ireland’s role and “short-term pain for long-term gain” with artificial intelligence.
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Google’s global affairs boss wants Ireland’s EU presidency to push simplification - The Currency
Google’s president of global affairs said that newer EU technology regulations “have lots of open questions” on how they are interpreted and that Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency should push the simpl...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/216611/googles-global-affairs-boss-wants-irelands-eu-presidency-to-push-simplification/
3 months ago
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A must-read on the state of Euronews.
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Inside Euronews: How Europe’s broadcaster became an influence network | Euractiv
Conceived as Europe’s answer to CNN, the EU-funded channel has become a platform for authoritarian regimes
https://www.euractiv.com/news/inside-euronews-how-europes-broadcaster-became-an-influence-network/
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Things generally aren't going well if blue tick weirdos with bad Substacks are the ones jumping to your defence.
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3 months ago
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The Russia problem: Elsa Desmond deserves a straight answer about her Olympic heartbreak Allowances in sport for neutral athletes from Russia are opaque, undermining the enforcement of bans and sanctions and are making “political chess pieces” out of Irish athletes.
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The Russia problem: Elsa Desmond deserves a straight answer about her Olympic heartbreak - The Currency
Elsa Desmond should be walking out, decked in green, at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan alongside her teammates in Team Ireland. But she’s not. The Irish luger missed out on a pla...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/216043/the-russia-problem-elsa-desmond-deserves-a-straight-answer-about-her-olympic-heartbreak/
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Update: A subsidiary of Sheremetyevo, one of Russia's biggest airports, has bought this now infamous airport. Sheremetyevo is ultimately owned by Arkady Rotenberg, a Putin ally long under EU sanctions.
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How the EU-India trade deal could spark a massive new market for aircraft lessors
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How the EU-India trade deal could spark a massive new market for aircraft lessors - The Currency
The new trade deal struck between the EU and India could open the door to a long-coveted market for aircraft lessors. On Tuesday, the EU and India inked an expansive trade deal that includes slashing ...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/215499/how-the-eu-india-trade-deal-could-spark-a-massive-new-market-for-aircraft-lessors/
4 months ago
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4 months ago
NEW we got more details about Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app that immigration agents have reportedly been using:
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Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
https://www.wired.com/story/mobile-fortify-face-recognition-nec-ice-cbp/
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ICYMI earlier. Accounts filed in Ireland and the UK for R3, the big bank-backed firm behind the Corda blockchain, reveal that it cut swathes of jobs in both countries, sold off its digital currencies business and is again revamping its business model.
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Big bank-backed R3 cuts down its Irish office as it undergoes another “strategic shift” - The Currency
R3, the blockchain company backed by several major banks, is downsizing its Irish office after undergoing another pivot. Newly filed accounts for the company’s Irish office show it reduced its headcou...
https://thecurrency.news/articles/214606/big-bank-backed-r3-is-cutting-down-its-irish-office-is-it-undergoes-another-strategic-shift/
4 months ago
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Devoured this podcast series today. Highly recommended.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42L...
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Unmissables: Explosive Lies - Podcast | Global Player
He said it could save lives. It didn’t. It couldn’t even find golf balls… Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using...
https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42L5Lt/
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The "if I can't see them, they can't see me" playbook
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Spanish court points finger at Israel as it drops Pegasus spyware case again
Judge shelves inquiry into use of Israeli-made software to target ministers’ phones citing chronic lack of cooperation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/23/spanish-court-drops-pegasus-spyware-case-again-israel-spain-nso
4 months ago
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Say it loud for the people down the back. Lads in Meta Ray Bans are creeps.
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Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo
4 months ago
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