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Virgin Media News Correspondent but these are my own views and not those of my employer. Ireland.
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the Limerick Leader should act like a real newspaper rather than some random twitter goon
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10 days ago
ESRI says AI use in Irish firms likely lead to job losses
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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AI use in Irish firms likely to lead to job losses - ESRI
A study from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found that artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among Irish firms is likely to lead to job losses, concentrated among highly educated workers.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0409/1567303-ai-jobs-esri/
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10 days ago
FT scoop - Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. One official says it could be equivalent to $1 per barrel of oil
www.ft.com/content/02ae...
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Iran demands fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire
Oil exporterâs union says fees to be paid in cryptocurrency and vessels monitored for weapons
https://www.ft.com/content/02aefac4-ea62-48db-9326-c0da373b11b8?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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People who talk like this, man.
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Hypervisible
11 days ago
âA former Meta employee suspected of downloading around 30,000 private images of Facebook users is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.â
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Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading private Facebook photos
The former employee was fired from Meta after being suspected of downloading 30,000 photos, the company said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg049xz1ygo
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Good headline writing.
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Iran says no to temporary ceasefire proposal. Donald Trump threatens war crimes. The Strait is likely to stay âclosedâ as long as Tehran wants it for the time being - analysis.
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Stephen Bush
12 days ago
Genuinely flabbergasted (and intrigued) that Nate Silver has noticed this *now*, in that 'Twitter is downrating links in a way that makes it hostile if you want people to actually pay for your journalism' has been true for such a long time now. What has changed for him to notice?
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Bernie Goldbach "topgold"
14 days ago
Thanking
@garethoconnor.bsky.social
@newschambers.bsky.social
and the Thursday
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
crew for offering a whirlwind tour of Studio 1 to my newshound 14yo son.
#AuthenticStories
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Researcher from Irish Youth Media Team Visits Virgin Media
Dylan Goldbach visits Virgin Media Television and gets a quick tour with Gareth O'Connor.
https://vimeo.com/1180081836?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
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James Ball
15 days ago
I tend to get dogpiled every time I say this but: as someone *who likes bluesky and benefits from being here* we have a problem. The network is shrinking, not growing. It's shrinking a lot: only about 1.1m people a day even like a post. This time last year it was 1.6m.
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The Journal
16 days ago
Supporters of farmers in Lismore, Co Waterford occupied a London bookshop owned by the Duke of Devonshire today. The farmers are locked in a standoff with the aristocrat over rent hikes.
www.thejournal.ie/duke-of-devo...
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Supporters of Lismore farmers occupy London book shop over Duke of Devonshire rent dispute
A small group of protesters occupied the store in response to the escalating dispute.
http://www.thejournal.ie/duke-of-devonshire-farmers-2-7002663-Apr2026/
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Gareth OâConnor
16 days ago
đ¨ EU fuel rationing on the cards: Financial Times report
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EC opens formal investigation into Snapchat
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Metrolink's âŹ550k-a-year boss has quit the project for family reasons. Comes at a pretty crucial time for the project... updated cost estimates, and a lot of contracts to tie up before construction begins in earnest next year.
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Good lord, some of you people need to read the calendar.
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President Catherine Connolly has appointed the following to the Council of State: Fionnuala NĂ AolĂĄin Linda Ervine Colin Harvey Kathleen Lynch Donncha OâConnell Conor OâMahony CiarĂĄn Ă hĂgartaigh
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A brief round-up of developments in Gaza and the West Bank while the world looks elsewhere ⤾ď¸
www.instagram.com/p/DWgrLNhjCZE/
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Spain closes airspace to US flights involved in the war with Iran.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...
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Trump threatens to 'obliterate' Iran's energy facilities if deal not reached 'shortly'
Meanwhile, attacks continue in Iran, Lebanon, and across the region - with a refinery in Israel set on fire by debris from an intercepted missile.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8jke9v9xv9t?post=asset%3A8b4b9509-94e8-4c92-bf4a-a1492b3dfa6b#post
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Greg Jenner (Historian)
20 days ago
Shortest Tudor reign since Lady Jane Grey
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The circle on the Czech fans is very funny.
www.thesun.ie/sport/167409...
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Ireland fans demand investigation as Czechs put off penalty takers with siren
IRELAND fans have demanded an investigation after Czech supporters put off their players in a World Cup play-off shootout. The Irish saw their dreams of playing at the tournament come crashing downâŚ
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/16740973/ireland-investigation-czech-republic-world-cup-play-off/
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The magic thing about this campaign though was rebuilding the connection between the national team and the wider Irish public. What weâve experienced since November is lightning in a bottle. We havenât had anything like it in a decade and beyond. Letâs build. I love this team.
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Thatâs on us. We had it. Ridiculous penalty to give away. We shouldnât have been under the cosh for 70 minutes. Absolutely duffed it.
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Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn!
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Just fucking win boys. Godspeed.
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Virgin Media News
23 days ago
Young Ireland fans are experiencing World Cup fever for the first time as kick-off in Prague approaches. At St Maryâs National School, excitement has been building all week, with pupils backing the team ahead of the crucial play-off against Czech Republic.
#VMNews
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404 Media
23 days ago
NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
âIn recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.â
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/
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So the *leading* candidate for the Democrats in 2028 is a lad whose press office is making 'haha u r gay' jokes online?
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Ireland you will always be famous
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Some big warnings from the Central Bank and ESRI today on how households might feel the impact of the energy crisis.
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Gareth OâConnor
24 days ago
Irish Daily Mail: âPrivate jets to get fuel tax cutâ#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Iâm in an endless vortex of Ireland football edits on Instagram and canât get out. Keep me here.
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Jim Pickard
24 days ago
historic moment with potentially enormous ramifications: Meta and Google found liable in landmark legal case that social media platforms are designed to be addictive to children, opening up the tech giants to penalties in thousands of similar claims filed around the US
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Meta and Google liable for social media harm to childrenâs mental health in landmark US case
Jury awards at least $3mn in damages with Instagram owner to pay the majority
https://www.ft.com/content/d3d80bd4-d2b1-4522-9752-4071df5b4c0a?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Daniel Suitor
25 days ago
You know, once a jury has made its decision you are extremely justified in dropping the "allegedly"
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The Hollywood Reporter
25 days ago
Breaking: Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
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Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
In a surprise move, OpenAI will shut down its Sora AI video app, just months after it was first launched.
https://bit.ly/4bMhSIM
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I see. Robots to deliver meals in new childrenâs hospital â but half of rooms still not ready.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
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Robots to deliver meals in new childrenâs hospital â but half of rooms still not ready
Robots will deliver meals to children when the new âŹ2.2bn national childrenâs hospital is fully functioning â but just 2,854 of its 5,728 rooms have so far been given the green light, the Oireachtas h...
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/robots-to-deliver-meals-in-new-childrens-hospital-but-half-of-rooms-still-not-ready/a1874291810.html
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German President says Iran war is a breach of international law and hammers the German government for not calling it out as such.
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The New York Times
26 days ago
Breaking News: The Trump administration will pay a French energy giant nearly $1 billion to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the East Coast.
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Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
https://nyti.ms/4stSUoz
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The Guardian
27 days ago
âThereâs no ceasefireâ: Gaza paramedic and father of two killed as civilian death toll since October passes 650
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âThereâs no ceasefireâ: Gaza paramedic and father of two killed as civilian death toll since October passes 650
Despite the supposed end of the fighting last year, casualties in the territory continue to rise, with volunteer ambulance driver Abed Elrahman Hamdouna joining the long list of those killed by Israeli forces
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/23/gaza-ceasefire-paramedic-father-killed-civilian-death-toll?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1774242921
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Katie Drummond
27 days ago
Airlines are bracing themselves for an oil crisis â and experts say theyâre a canary in the coal mine for the rest of the global economy:
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Airlines Are Already Preparing for an Oil Crisis
With the Iran war doubling oil prices, experts say the airline industryâs belt-tightening is an economic canary in the coal mine for the rest of the world.
https://www.wired.com/story/united-airlines-jet-fuel-alarm-economy/
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Spoke to some Republicans on Capitol Hill who made it very clear that their concerns about âcensorshipâ of Big Tech is on their radar and could be the next big push from the Trump White House on Ireland and the EU.
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s. e. smith
27 days ago
Squeezed by data centers' relentless demand for electricity, a Nevada energy company just said it's going to stop supplying energy to Tahoe. The city has a year to figure out how to meet 75% of its energy needs without it.
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Lake Tahoe isnât sure where itâs power will come from after the next ski season
The areaâs longtime power supplier, NV Energy, will cut off the region next year. It has said data centers are driving âunprecedentedâ demand.
https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/03/nevada-utility-to-lake-tahoe-find-electricity-elsewhere/
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Virgin Media News
27 days ago
Nearly a week on from the Taoiseachâs White House visit, concerns remain over the future of the US-Irish relationship. Trump used the occasion to criticise Irelandâs economy while congressional allies warned that Irelandâs role as a regulator for Big Tech could create tensions with DC.
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đ Punk Rock, Cow Pins and Stephen Moylan Inside the Taoiseach's mission to the Trump White House.
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Punk Rock, Cow Pins, and Stephen Moylan
Inside the Taoiseach's mission to the Trump White House.
https://open.substack.com/pub/newschambers/p/punk-rock-cow-pins-and-stephen-moylan?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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Have to re-engage my writing muscle for something a lot of you may have interest in in the months ahead. For now, hereâs this inside track on how the White House meeting played out in the Taoiseachâs orbit.
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The Guardian
27 days ago
Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by
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Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by
Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured * Middle East crisis live â latest updates Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities. The violence, reported across at least half a dozen locations overnight from Saturday into Sunday, comes amid a wider surge in tensions in the territory. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, cited local sources as saying settlers had entered al-Fandaqumiya and the nearby town of Seilat al-Dahr, south of Jenin, late on Saturday. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/israeli-settlers-carry-out-series-of-west-bank-attacks-as-security-forces-stand-by?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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