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Dublin (AFP) - Ireland's president on Friday hit out at new UK legislation designed to draw a line under the violence during Northern Ireland "Troubles", 50 years on from the biggest single-day loss of life in that period. Michael D. Higgins said the new law was neither morally acceptable nor politically feasible, in a speech at a wreath-laying ceremony in Dublin. The event was to commemorate the 33 people and an unborn child killed when four bombs ripped through Dublin and Monaghan in 1974, explosions also wounded more than 300 people. Higgins said London's introduction of the legislation had...
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IBM said it plans to hire up to 800 more people in Ireland to help build advanced software underpinned by AI technology, the state investment agency IDA Ireland said on Thursday. The move by the US software and consultancy services provider marks the biggest job announcement in the country's multinational sector this year. IBM is already one of the largest multinational employers in Ireland with 3,000 staff. The new roles will require the employees to build advanced software based on generative artificial intelligence in high growth areas like security, automation and hybrid cloud. Here's the ...
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Switzerland may have triumphed at this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest, but newly released streaming data paints a different picture of who the public are actually listening to. On Saturday, Switzerland’s Nemo won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest when their song ‘The Code’ received the top vote from the jury and the fifth most votes from the public. Nemo made history as the first non-binary artist to win the contest, and brought the trophy back to Switzerland for the first time since 1988. Pro-Palestinian protesters march against Israel's participation in EurovisionDisqualified Eurovision co...
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The German and Irish governments have secured the support of nine EU member states – including France and Spain – in a bid to rescue a law designed to reverse decades of drastic biodiversity loss across Europe. A vote on the Nature Restoration Law – whose text was agreed in quasi-formal talks with the Euro-pean Parliament, but which a blocking minority of governments subsequently refused to give the final rubber stamp – is expected during an EU Council summit of environment ministers on 17 June, the last such meeting under the current Belgian presidency. “The ongoing absence of a qualified maj...
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A 24/7 livestream between Dublin and New York was temporarily switched off after videos went viral showing flashing, swearing and people showing images of the Twin Towers burning on 9/11. Since being activated on 8 May, videos have been shared on social media of people using the video livestream in ways not intended by the designers or local authorities behind the project. OnlyFans model Ava Louise posted a video of herself lifting up her top and showing her breasts to the portal with her naked back facing the New York City crowd. "I thought the people of Dublin deserved to see my two New York...
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In an interview on Spanish national radio RNE on Thursday, Borrell was asked to confirm reports in Irish media that Spain, Ireland and a handful of other EU member states could formally recognise the State of Palestine on May 21. Borrell confirmed the plans, adding that the Spanish foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, had told him that May 21 was the proposed date. Borrell had been attending an event to celebrate Europe Day in Madrid along with Albares hours earlier. Irish diplomatic sources have confirmed to Euronews that a group of European countries is proposing to recognise a Palestinian...
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Ireland's government has moved to remove tents occupied by asylum seekers in Dublin. After many weeks of concern about their conditions, the area around the International Protection office in the Irish capital was cleared. The move however simply saw asylum seekers move 200 metres down the road to a nearby canal due to a scarcity of accommodation. Ireland has recently seen an influx of people seeking international protection from the UK, with asylum seekers coming across the open border with Northern Ireland. London's controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has caused some to fle...
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Hundreds of protesters marched through Dublin city centre holding signs against immigration into Ireland. They were met by a small counter protest, with police officers blocking the two groups as they exchanged chants. The march, which began just after 2.30pm, was comprised of protesters wearing Irish flags and chanting "our streets". The demonstration took 45 minutes to pass through the streets of the Irish capital, causing traffic disruption. The protest is the latest in a series of increasingly conspicuous anti-immigration demonstrations in Ireland, whose politics of migration and integrati...
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That's according to new research carried out by Bloomberg, which highlighted which countries on the continent are lacking female leadership at the top. It named Ireland and Luxembourg as the two countries in the less-than-flattering position, which comes as a reminder that there is still progress to be made for women to have equal opportunities in top jobs. The 'pink tax': Why are women and men treated differently when it comes to sales?For Ireland, the retirement of Margaret Sweeney, the chief executive of Irish Residential Properties REIT, resulted in all 31 companies listed on Euronext Dubl...
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The Irish government has said it is planning to enact legislation by the end of May that would allow it to resume sending asylum seekers who arrive over the border with Northern Ireland back to the United Kingdom. Justice Minister Helen McEntee said the emergency legislation would allow for faster processing of migrants. “This has never been a panacea when we talk about returns, the most effective way that we can have an immigration system that's firm but fair is a fast processing system and what this means is that people's applications are turned around much more quickly,” she said. Ireland’s...
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