Ireland

Ireland orders X, TikTok and Instagram to curb terrorist content

Elon Musk’s X, TikTok and Meta’s Instagram have been ordered by Irish media regulators to take “necessary measures” to prevent terrorist content being platformed in order to comply with...

Winner of Paul Mescal lookalike contest in Dublin receives €20 ‘or three pints’

Two weeks ago, a mobbed competition to find a Timothée Chalamet lookalike in New York led to one...

Pakistani firm apologises for directing Dubliners to nonexistent Halloween event

A Pakistan-based company has issued an apology to Dubliners after a “human error” on its events website led...

North Dakota’s Radical Plan To End Property Taxes

North Dakota may shake this country up in two weeks by ending one of the oldest taxes in...

‘It’s desperation’: Ireland’s restaurant industry facing crisis with daily closures

Blazing Salads, Dillingers, Assassination Custard and Brasserie Sixty Six in Dublin, Church Lane and Sage in County Cork,...

Irish finance minister calls €14bn tax windfall from Apple ‘transformational’

The Irish finance minister has hailed the €14bn tax windfall from Apple as “transformational” just weeks after the government lost a case in the...

UK’s ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling plan postponed indefinitely

Government plans to force food manufacturers to put “not for EU” labels on all meat and dairy products sold across Britain next month have...

Grenfell survivors urge golfer Leona Maguire to axe Kingspan sponsorship

A second professional golfer, Leona Maguire, is under pressure to end her sponsorship deal with the Irish company Kingspan after the public inquiry into...

Apple loses EU court battle over €13bn tax bill in Ireland

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...

Top EU court to rule in €13bn Apple case that could hit ‘sweetheart’ tax deals

The EU’s top court will rule whether the European Commission was right to demand that €13bn (£11bn) in “illegal” tax breaks for Apple should...