Category: Ireland

Chinese Police Set up Overseas ‘Service Stations’ Including in UK and Ireland

A Chinese police bureau has set up dozens of “service stations” overseas, including three in the UK and one in Ireland, according to a new report. The report, published on Monday by human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders (pdf), says that the stations, dubbed “110 Overseas” after the national police emergency phone number, are part of a programme…


Aer Lingus Restores IT System After Cancelling 51 Flights

DUBLIN—Aer Lingus said it had resolved an IT problem that led it to cancel 51 flights between Dublin airport and other European destinations on Saturday as check-in and boarding was disrupted. The Irish carrier, owned by London-listed IAG, said “a major incident with a network provider” meant it could not access its cloud-based systems, leaving…


Instagram Fined Over 400 Million Euros by Ireland for Mishandling Children’s Data

Meta-owned Instagram has been fined 405 million euros ($403 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission after it was found that the platform violated European privacy law General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission kicked off an investigation into Instagram because the platform made accounts of children between the ages…


Ireland’s Starkly Beautiful Aran Islands

I spent the day walking on Inishmore. It’s one of the weather- and wave-beaten Aran Islands which, on a blustery day, seem to be gulping seawater off the west coast of Ireland. Locals, keenly aware that they’re on the west fringe of Europe, are fond of saying, “The next parish over’s Boston.” An elfish, black-clad…


Abbott to Add 1,000 Jobs in $450 Million Irish Investment

DUBLIN—U.S. healthcare company Abbott Laboratories plans to hire 1,000 more people in Ireland in one of the biggest job announcements this year in the country’s booming multinational sector, state investment agency IDA Ireland said on Friday. Abbott, which is one of the largest multinational employers in Ireland with 5,000 staff, will expand its manufacturing facilities…


Emission Ceiling for Farming a ‘PR Stunt,’ Irish Lawmaker

The Irish government doesn’t have “one iota of a plan in place at the moment” to help farmers achieve the goal it imposed to reduce 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, a rural lawmaker said on Thursday. Despite ministers’ promise that no animal will be culled, TD for Galway East Seán Canney said he doesn’t believe…


LIVE NOW: Health Conference Ireland With Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Ryan Cole, and More

A delegation of eminent physicians is traveling to Ireland in August to present evidence-based insights relating to COVID-19 and the health effects of COVID-19 injection products. Speakers include Dr. Robert Malone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tess Lawrie, Dr. Ryan Cole, and more. The conference starts on Aug. 8 at 10:30 a.m. local time (5:30 a.m….


LIVE NOW: Health Conference Ireland 2022

A delegation of eminent physicians is traveling to Ireland in August to present evidence-based insights relating to COVID-19 and the health effects of COVID-19 injection products. Speakers include Dr. Robert Malone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tess Lawrie, Dr. Ryan Cole, and more. The conference starts on Aug. 8 at 10:30 a.m. local time (5:30 a.m….


LIVE August 8, 5:30 AM ET: Health Conference Ireland 2022

A delegation of eminent physicians is traveling to Ireland in August to present evidence-based insights relating to COVID-19 and the health effects of COVID-19 vaccines. Speakers include Dr. Robert Malone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tess Lawrie, Dr. Ryan Cole, and more. The conference starts on Aug. 8 at 10:30 a.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET)….


Irish Farmers Asked to Cut Emission by 25 Percent by 2030

Irish farmers are told on Thursday that they should reduce a quarter of their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a target described by the farming sector as a “potentially devastating blow.” The target is part of the government’s “Climate Action Plan” after parliament passed a law committing Ireland to slash emissions by 51 percent by 2030…