The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) today fined TikTok owner ByteDance €530m for failing to adequately protect user information. At issue is the transfer of customer data to Chinese authorities. ByteDance has announced that it will appeal the decision.more

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an investigation into the use of EU users' personal data to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model on Elon Musk-owned Platform X, it announced yesterday.more

Irish PM Micheal Martin last night judged that the 20 per cent tariffs on EU imports announced by US President Donald Trump were unjustified and detrimental to neither side. He called on the European Union to give a concerted, balanced response.more

On March 17, the world celebrates St. Patrick's Day, commemorating the anniversary of the death of Ireland's patron saint. Over time, what began as a holiday of prayer and reflection has evolved into a global celebration of Irish culture and heritage, complete with parades, festivals, and plenty of alcohol.more

The Met Office has issued rare red weather warnings, meaning there is a danger to life, as Storm Éowyn batters the UK. The worst disruption is due to hit Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland, with gusts of up to 100mph (161km/h) expected in some coastal areas.more

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided.more

BARKA for Mutual Help Ireland, a Dublin-based charity, has summed up 2024 in its annual report. The organisation’s mission is to support people experiencing homelessness, with a particular focus on migrants from Central and Eastern Europe, through their social reintegration and assistance in returning to their countries of origin.more

Two Irish centre-right parties are close to striking a coalition deal with independent MPs that would allow them to form a government and return to power for another five-year term, Reuters reported yesterday, citing two MPs.more

Ryanair has sued in Ireland a passenger whose behaviour disrupted a flight from Dublin to Lanzarote and forced a landing in Porto. It is demanding €15,000 in damages from him, the airline announced on Wednesday. It also conveyed that it is planning similar lawsuits in other countries as well.more

Thousands of customers in Ireland are without access to water and electricity due to an onslaught of winter weather that has brought heavy snowfall, the UK's BBC reported today.more

The weakening influence of the Catholic Church in Ireland over recent decades has sometimes been referred to as a ‘quiet revolution’. Economic growth and modernisation have contributed to it, but so have scandals and abuses within the Church, assessed sociologist of religion Professor Gladys Ganiel in an interview.more

In the elections to the Upper House of the Irish Parliament held yesterday, the centre-left party Sinn Fein came first, according to an exit poll, narrowly ahead of centre-right Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. Counting of the votes is not due to start until tomorrow, so the official results will have to wait.more

Polling stations have opened across Ireland this morning after a three-week election campaign. Fine Gael's Simon Harris, Fianna Fail's Micheal Martin and Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald are all battling it out to become Ireland's next taoiseach - though no party has put forward enough candidates for a majority, meaning a coalition will be inevitable.more

The latest poll shows that the three main Irish parties are evenly matched ahead of tomorrow's elections to Dail Eireann, the lower house of parliament. Prime Minister Simon Harris has assessed this election as a ‘tight race’.more

Tens of thousands of homes, farms and businesses in Ireland suffered power outages due to Storm Bert on Saturday, while some rail lines and roads were closed in Britain due to what forecasters called a "multi-hazard event". Yellow and amber weather warnings for wind, rain, snow and ice were also in place for most of the United Kingdom, according to a Met Office weather forecast.more

Ireland will hold a general election on November 29, Prime Minister Simon Harris has announced, according to AFP. His centre-right Fine Gael (FG) party has a good chance of retaining power for a fourth consecutive term.more

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Friday that it has launched an investigation into the potentially unlawful use of facial recognition technology by Irish airline Ryanair.more

The Irish government does not intend to use the money it will receive from Apple's back taxes for current spending or to narrow the tax base, but will use it to invest in housing and infrastructure, Finance Minister Jack Chambers said yesterday.more

A former member of the Defence Forces’ elite Army Ranger Wing who was killed while fighting Russian forces in Ukraine had previously lost an eye in an explosion following an attack there.more

The valves opened, the sea gurgled in and slowly, imperceptibly at first, the ship began its journey to the bottom of the Atlantic. The 60-metre MV Shingle debuted in Ireland a decade ago as a smuggling vessel, but then became an unwanted hulk. On Wednesday afternoon it performed its swan song – scuttled off County Mayo to create an artificial reef.more

The Irish Data Protection Commission announced yesterday that it has launched an investigation to determine whether Google complied with European Union privacy laws when developing one of its artificial intelligence models.more

Apple has lost a high-profile, €13bn (£11bn) Irish tax battle with Brussels in a decision that will bolster the European Commission’s efforts to clamp down on favourable “sweetheart” tax deals for multinationals.more

The Republic of Ireland’s population increased by almost 99,000 people last year, the biggest increase since 2008. Most of the growth - 79,300 people - came from net migration with the rest due to 19,400 more births than deaths.more

A 16-year-old accused of repeatedly stabbing a Catholic army chaplain appeared before Galway County Court in the west of Ireland yesterday. According to police, the attacker has a ‘radical Islamist mindset’ and supported the terrorist organisation Islamic State.more

A man has been arrested after a van drove into several gates at Government Buildings in Dublin. Gardai are also investigating an incident of criminal damage at Dublin’s Phoenix Park where the official residence of Ireland’s President, Michael D Higgins, is located.more