Very exciting opportunity for students Aodh, congrats.

UN experts call for immediate suspension of EU-Israel trade agreement as ‘minimum requirement’ under international law GENEVA – The European Union (EU) must immediately suspend the EU–Israel Association Agreement, which has granted Israel preferential access to the European market since 2000, despite well-documented h...

“The EU cannot credibly claim to uphold human rights while sustaining preferential trade with a State whose conduct has been found by multiple international bodies as amounting to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Are these "private" Israeli spyware companies - founded and run by former military officers - intelligence gathering operations for Israel? And, if so, are the gardaí (for example) allowing access to sensitive data by what is essentially a hostile state?

Tim Heidecker to take over InfoWars. This seems like it shouldn't be real. Maybe it isn't. Maybe nothing is real any more. I am real though. Corcaigh abú.

Mining China’s ‘Little Red Book’ for Open Source Gold - bellingcat Xiaohongshu, a female-focused lifestyle app, is a rare window into China for researchers outside the country.

The app has evolved from a shopping guide into a lifestyle and e-commerce platform, as well as a search engine. Despite its growth in and beyond China, Xiaohongshu remains underexplored by journalists compared to Weibo. Learn how to explore the app here:
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New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat Daniel and Christy Kinahan have been photographed in Dubai, marking the most recent sighting of the wanted crime bosses since the US levied sanctions against the cartel.

Breaking: Kinahan cartel leader Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai. It follows a Bellingcat investigation last month that traced him to an MMA event in Dubai - providing the first proof that the cartel's leadership was still in hiding in the UAE. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Why the AI backlash has turned violent And why it's probably only going to get worse from here.

Last week, a 20 year-old man threw a molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion; two days later, people fired a gun at it. Earlier that week, someone fired gunshots into an city councilman's house who approved a data center.

Why the AI backlash has turned violent:

Exclusive | EU to cut funding for Chinese inverters in change of tack from Brussels Without fanfare, Brussels will stop funding for projects that use the Chinese-made devices as part of a ‘do more, say less’ strategy.

Exclusive: EU to stop funding EU projects with Chinese inverters, as grandstanding on Beijing gives way to quiet offensive

My report on a quiet decision taken by von der Leyen and her college that suggests the work of de-risking continues apace

Tipp Today- Minister Patrick O'Donovan-13/04/26 - Tipp FM Minister Patrick O’Donovan joined us on air this morning… Tipp FM Radio · Tipp Today- Minister Patrick O’Donovan-130426

"It was being reported on RTÉ... that there was nobody at Whitegate... they started gathering and the rest is history... one of the things that I will be doing is examining it as well from a media and coverage point of view." Min O'Donovan on coverage of #FuelProtests.

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Indeed, EU law *literally* protected Magyar from prosecution by Orbán, who wanted to prosecute him - but Magyar is an MEP, and the European Parliament refused to waive his immunity balkaninsight.com/2025/10/10/m...

🚨 Transnational repression is on the rise with governments targeting exiled journalists.

Tune in to the @journalismfestival.com panel “National security laws as a tool to gag the press” featuring CPJ Program Coordinator Gulnoza Said.

🗓️ 4/17 from 2-2:50 p.m. CEST
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The Charities Regulator doesn't name the individuals involved so I imagine that is why the IT chose not to do so. www.charitiesregulator.ie/media/ud2kn4...

It is not mentioned in the report, but the investigation was as the result of protected disclosures made by whistleblowers at Fighting Blindness. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Had me dying. Clip via @alexgoldennba.bsky.social

OpenAI halts Stargate UK data centre project Company blames high energy costs and regulatory uncertainty in blow to Starmer’s effort to build ‘sovereign’ AI

OpenAI halts Stargate UK data centre project ft.trib.al/SwlkyB5

Hall of fame FT correction

When covering the Syrian Civil War - one of the most brutal conflicts of the last two decades - any single incident where over a hundred people were killed was considered a major event. With Israel, these numbers are routine. Yet we - the EU - are still providing economic and military support.

"The presentation that Mr. Netanyahu would make over the next hour would be pivotal in setting the United States and Israel on the path toward a major armed conflict." Quite remarkable.

Direktor VBA o pronalasku eksploziva u Kanjiži: Tragamo za osobom koja je pokušala diverziju Direktor Vojnobezbednosne agencije (VBA) Đuro Jovanić ocenio je da je današnjoj akciji u Kanjiži prethodio dobar rad na terenu i istakao da će lice koje je poku

"We had information that a person from a group of migrants, with military training, would try to sabotage... it is not true that the Ukrainians tried to organize this diversion." Serbia's intelligence chief on discovery of explosives near Hungary pipeline. n1info.rs/vesti/direkt...

To me, it signals a real lack of confidence by OpenAI. I doubt investors will be encouraged.

Bizarre.

UK deradicalisation scheme being used to speed mental health service access, review warns [FREE TO READ] Home Office has expressed concerns that Prevent programme is under pressure due to wider gaps in public services

NEW: The UK Home Office has admitted that some people are being referred to its Prevent deradicalisation scheme *just* to ensure faster access to mental health & neurodiversity services, in an internal review seen by @financialtimes.com

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Seeing Czech Republic go through to the World Cup tonight is almost worse than losing to them last week

A really, really bad team. If they could beat Denmark, we could have too

Ireland could be going to the World Cup.... 😱 (Instead 🫢)

Norm talks about Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt YouTube video by tyronefraser

Happy Helmut Schmidt Day

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I'm doing the very first event for my new book 'This is Also a Love Story' on Sunday May 10 at Phizzfest (Dublin 🇮🇪), with @fotoole.bsky.social (thank you to him!).
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The AI Boom Wasn’t Built for the Polycrisis “There are too many ways for it to fail for it not to fail.”

The AI economy looks...really precarious. So @matteowong.bsky.social & I did a bunch of reporting to try to figure out what happens when a potential bubble collides with a war in Iran and a potential resource shortage. The answer is...arguably the most dire stuff i've heard from smart ppl in a while

Meta and Google found liable in social media addiction trial The verdict marks the end of a five-week trial on the addictive nature of social media platforms.

Two landmark cases against social media platforms reached their conclusion over the last 24 hours, but this particular verdict has the potential to be transformational as regards how platforms operate. www.bbc.com/news/article...

if Chappell Roan can apologise to Jorginho, the US can surely make peace with Iran.

Great piece Conor and brilliant design by the team