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Colin Sheridan: How a Harlem-born intellectual influenced a generation in Ireland through television
Justice minister accused of  'dereliction of duty' for failing to stop spread of the far-right
Justice minister accused of  'dereliction of duty' for failing to stop spread of the far-right
Gary Gannon raised concerns about a lack of work done in the aftermath of the Dublin riots

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Italian newspaper claims to have published world's first edition using artificial intelligence
Italian newspaper claims to have published world's first edition using artificial intelligence
Il Foglio’s founder, Giuliano Ferrara, said they used AI 'for everything. For the writing, the headlines, the quotes, the summaries. And, sometimes, even for the irony'

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

TikTok job cuts
TikTok may cut up to 300 jobs in Ireland
The Chinese-owned social media video-sharing giant has informed the Government of its plan to cut jobs 

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

10 TV & streaming highlights for March: Top dramas and home-grown documentaries 
10 TV & streaming highlights for March: Top dramas and home-grown documentaries 
Gangs of London is back, Hugh Wallace follows a renovation in West Cork, and the makers of Bridgerton have a new series on Netflix 

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

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Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’
UN-commissioned study in Ireland, Britain, US,  Australia, Canada, and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age, writes Richard Partington

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025

Nickelodeon's 2023 Kids' Choice Awards - Show
Colin Sheridan: Who is MrBeast? The YouTube mogul captivating, and profiting from, your kids
MrBeast dominates YouTube with over-the-top giveaways and stunts, raising questions about his influence on kids and digital culture

Sat, 01 Mar, 2025

Clodagh Finn: Meet Josie MacAvin â€” Ireland’s unsung Oscar-winning set designer
Clodagh Finn: Meet Josie MacAvin â€” Ireland’s unsung Oscar-winning set designer
Josie MacAvin, Ireland’s only Oscar and Emmy-winning set designer, left a legacy now proudly displayed at the Irish Film Institute

Sat, 01 Mar, 2025

If I had a daughter, I would take her to a Bridget Jones movie and say: 'Don’t be like Bridget'
If I had a daughter, I would take her to a Bridget Jones movie and say: 'Don’t be like Bridget'
The central message of the four movies is, broadly speaking, that it’s enough for Bridget to flap around in her pyjamas with tousled hair, hoping to be rescued by a younger man, an older man, or any man

Wed, 19 Feb, 2025

Apple Cider Vinegar: How social media gave rise to 'wellness influencer' fraud Belle Gibson
Apple Cider Vinegar: How social media gave rise to 'wellness influencer' fraud Belle Gibson
Belle Gibson's posts about her battle with cancer touched the lives of millions. But she never had cancer and her whole 'alternative medicine' narrative was the basis of a massive scam

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025

'My shows made RTÉ €50m. Now I resent paying my licence fee'
'My shows made RTÉ €50m. Now I resent paying my licence fee'
Gareth O'Callaghan says RTÉ is an organisation that hasn’t been sustainable for years

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025

First Dates recap: Culchies, Dungeons & Dragons, and a shared love of Gaeilge
First Dates recap: Culchies, Dungeons & Dragons, and a shared love of Gaeilge
The Valentine's special of First Dates Ireland saw more connections made at the restaurant on RTÉ2 on Thursday night. Here's what happened...

Thu, 13 Feb, 2025

Sunday Independent editor Alan English and Southern Star editor Siobhán Cronin to step down
Sunday Independent editor Alan English and Southern Star editor Siobhán Cronin to step down
Mr English is leaving his role after five years while Ms Cronin, the first female editor of 'The Southern Star', is stepping down after over a decade with the weekly newspaper

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

European Union launches probe into fashion website Shein
European Union launches probe into fashion website Shein
EU investigating Chinese fast fashion website for possible breaches of laws on product safety, consumer protection, and data protection

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

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Virgin Media financially incentivises agents to stop customers switching, court finds
The evidence in the case included a number of transcripts of conversations between Virgin customers and agents

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

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Radio listenership in Ireland grew to record level last year 
Some 3.9m people listened to radio every week last year, an increase of 105,000 listeners compared to 2023

Thu, 06 Feb, 2025

Conall O Móráin: Don't broadcast it, but the radio industry's JNLRs don't add up
Conall O Móráin: Don't broadcast it, but the radio industry's JNLRs don't add up
A finding from a survey is that nearly half of US teens say they use the internet 'almost constantly'. As is likely, if Irish teens mirror this behaviour, I struggle to understand when they find the time to listen to the radio as claimed by the JNLR, says Conall O Móráin

Thu, 06 Feb, 2025

Martin Claffey appointed 'Irish Examiner' deputy business editor
Martin Claffey appointed 'Irish Examiner' deputy business editor
Previously held roles in the 'Irish Examiner', breakingnews.ie, and 'The Echo'

Wed, 05 Feb, 2025

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Ireland cannot address complaints about violent online porn as it is not illegal
Hotline.ie CEO said 'We certainly should be considering legislation along the lines of the UK Online Safety Act which insists on age verification for pornography sites'

Mon, 03 Feb, 2025

The 2 Johnnies' profits surge to €453,682 in wake of 'GAA catfish' podcast episodes
The 2 Johnnies' profits surge to €453,682 in wake of 'GAA catfish' podcast episodes
Post-tax profits at Big Ball Small Ball Productions Ltd increased by 68% to €453,682 for the year to the end of April 2024

Sun, 02 Feb, 2025

Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Robert Sheehan: Why are film producers choosing Limerick?
Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Robert Sheehan: Why are film producers choosing Limerick?
From Limerick’s Georgian quarter to coastal towns in Clare to the castles and hills of Tipperary, the Mid-West has a lot of offer in terms of picture-perfect locations, writes Manon Gilbart

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

Online porn is driving violence in sex assaults, Drew Harris tells Policing Authority
Online porn is driving violence in sex assaults, Drew Harris tells Policing Authority
Garda Commissioner said 'very violent pornography' is contributing to the normalisation of violence against women

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

'Reruns of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang won't cut it for RTÉ', says new media minister
'Reruns of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang won't cut it for RTÉ', says new media minister
National broadcaster needs a radical shift in content to attract younger generation away from streaming services

Sun, 26 Jan, 2025

'It didn’t start with gas chambers. It started with politicians dividing the people, us vs them...’ 
'It didn’t start with gas chambers. It started with politicians dividing the people, us vs them...’ 
Recent events make it imperative for us to remember the Holocaust — and to protect democracy so we can truly say 'never again' 

Sun, 26 Jan, 2025

TikTok Ban Looms On The Eve Of Inauguration
TikTok’s possible buyers, from Elon Musk to MrBeast
The app, which was set to be banned, now has a bit more time to find a buyer and address national security issues

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

Meta layoffs expected
Meta challenges €91m Data Protection Commission fine
Facebook and Instagram owner wants the High Court to overturn the 'wholly disproportionate' fine imposed for improperly storing user passwords.

Mon, 20 Jan, 2025

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Growing number of parents seek help over their children viewing porn
Parentline reports that calls to the service relating to children's social media use jumped tenfold in 2024

Mon, 20 Jan, 2025

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Terry Prone: People-pleasers are moaners who do you favours you don’t want
In their efforts to be loved, they end up making themselves markedly less lovable

Mon, 20 Jan, 2025

Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women
Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women
Musk has no authority to dictate the political agenda on girls’ and women’s rights in Britain, or anywhere else, writes Jonathan Este

Wed, 15 Jan, 2025

Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram
S Fergus Finlay: We have to take on all of the things that undermine democracy
Trump controls the political system, the courts, and now the primary means of communication for millions of Americans. What about the rest of us? Are we really hopeless and helpless?

Tue, 14 Jan, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: RTÉ Radio needs some fine tuning when it comes to regional reporting
Jennifer Horgan: RTÉ Radio needs some fine tuning when it comes to regional reporting
Must non-Dublin locations make do with less prominent broadcasting?

Fri, 10 Jan, 2025

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the plan to make Facebook more private at Facebook's Developer Conference on April 30, 20
Irish Examiner view: Meta chooses revenue over responsibility
End of fact-checking programme

Thu, 09 Jan, 2025

Salon Viva Technology 2018, Startup connect : Day One
A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media
The Meta boss’s decision to drastically change Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program has set the stage for a fact-free four years online

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025

Film workers bring High Court challenge to Labour Court ruling
Film workers bring High Court challenge to Labour Court ruling
The workers are challenging the decision to overturn awards and rulings made in their favour at the Workplace Relations Commission

Fri, 03 Jan, 2025

Pictures of Real Santa Claus's List He's Checking Twice
S Terry Prone: Santa’s old-fashioned parenting tricks for the naughty and the nice
Santa may be all ho ho ho and product placement but, when it comes right down to it, you know you shouldn’t cross him

Mon, 23 Dec, 2024

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Guinness raids Irish reserves to ease shortages in Britain
Security stocks being used to ease pressure on publicans in Britain who have struggled to keep up with demand

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

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Clodagh Finn: Marie O’Sullivan was 'a real, live celebrity before they were ten a penny’
Trailblazing presenter carved out a path where there was none before

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Watchdog rules Pippa O’Connor's 'misleading' Instagram story was not labelled correctly
Watchdog rules Pippa O’Connor's 'misleading' Instagram story was not labelled correctly
As the content did not have such a label and was not 'correctly identified' as advertising, it was 'likely to mislead consumers about the nature of the content', the Advertising Standards Authority said

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Jeremy Irons admits to nerves before UCC conferring as 'education was a bit of a battle'
Jeremy Irons admits to nerves before UCC conferring as 'education was a bit of a battle'
The Oscar, Tony, and Emmy winner spoke at the ceremony of his fear that arts and humanities are not as valued as much as they should be in second-level education

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024

Irish Examiner journalist Emer Walsh wins Smurfit Business Award
Irish Examiner journalist Emer Walsh wins Smurfit Business Award
Emer Walsh named Upcoming Journalist of the Year at the 17th UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Bridgerton actor Calam Lynch joins Limerick film set
Bridgerton actor Calam Lynch joins Limerick film set
He will be sharing the screen with Normal People’s India Mullen and with his mother Niamh Cusack

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

TikTok's new digital wellbeing tool
TikTok to block teenagers from beauty filters over mental health concerns
Social media platform under pressure to improve security as it announces plans to block under-13s from signing up

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

Technology stock
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco
Research shows six in 10 social media content creators do not verify accuracy of information before posting it

Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

Election 2024: TG4 poll predicts Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will take two seats each in Mayo
Election 2024: TG4 poll predicts Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will take two seats each in Mayo
Junior housing minister Alan Dillon led the way in the Ipsos B&A poll — but questions remain about Fine Gael's strategy of running four candidates

Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

Ken Reid death
'A remarkable man': Tributes to veteran journalist Ken Reid who has died, aged 69
The long-time political editor of UTV also worked for the 'Cork Examiner'

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

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