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Russia Ukraine War
Volodymyr Zelenskyy feels ‘betrayed’ by Donald Trump over Starlink access
Ukrainian president accused US president of picking the other side after four years of war

Thu, 15 Oct, 2026

French foreign minister accuses Elon Musk of ‘online harassment campaigns’ against European leaders
French foreign minister accuses Elon Musk of ‘online harassment campaigns’ against European leaders
Speaking at an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development conference, Jean-Noël Barrot pointed to the role that social media had come to play in the global battle over democracy

Wed, 14 Oct, 2026

AI prompt chat bot. Search website to generate data, text or image. Man using computer with artificial intelligence app. Virtual
Oireachtas committee members 'sought to water down report on artificial intelligence'
Oireachtas committee is finalising its third interim report on AI

Wed, 14 Oct, 2026

New social media apps formerly twitter x and threads on smart phone screen
Elon Musk's X loses High Court challenge over how Irish media watchdog handles complaints
Judge rules  that commission is entitled under law to refer information from complaints made under the Digital Services Act to a 'supervisory' unit, which also has the power to retain those complaints to identify possible future compliance issues

Thu, 08 Oct, 2026

MobilityX conference
Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial
Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in California

Tue, 22 Sep, 2026

Artificial Intelligence AI Assistant Apps - ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Grok
Fear of AI is the best advert OpenAI and Anthropic could hope for
ChatGPT and Claude developers may benefit from AI dread ahead of their expected IPOs: A threat to jobs promises revenues to justify their valuations, and existential risk provides a pretext to curb competition

Fri, 18 Sep, 2026

Anthropic AI Slowdown
What Dario Amodei’s recent call for a pause on AI gets wrong
Calls for greater governance of AI are sensible, but we must ensure developers are not awarded excessive influence

Fri, 18 Sep, 2026

Germany Election
Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’
Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘we cannot forget our history’

Mon, 07 Sep, 2026

Deepfake concerns
Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
Musk denied he was aware Grok ever produced ‘any naked underage images’

Thu, 03 Sep, 2026

Tesla Model Y review: 505km range and clever tech cannot hide major flaws
Tesla Model Y review: 505km range and clever tech cannot hide major flaws
The latest Model Y delivers strong range and impressive technology, but its ride, handling and touchscreen controls leave much to be desired

Sat, 22 Aug, 2026

Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s USAID cuts will cause 4.5m child deaths
‘The Lancet’ report shows that the US DOGE defunding of foreign aid has reversed decades of progress in child health worldwide, writes Dr Suzanne Crowe

Sun, 16 Aug, 2026

Spain Ceuta
Colin Sheridan: Ceuta disaster is real. But it also has an entirely fake second life on social media
Social media disinformation duped thousands of people to flood into Spain's African exclave — and, as the tragedy unfolded, it was weaponised to boost anti-EU and anti-migrant agendas online

Sun, 09 Aug, 2026

Businesspeople Getting Bored In Office
Margaret E Ward: Why fixing the workplace is harder than reaching Mars
Margaret E Ward says that better leadership, not bigger budgets, is the proven answer to employee disengagement and burnout

Sat, 25 Jul, 2026

President Trump Holds Press Conference With Elon Musk in White House's Oval Office
Tesla's biggest challenge may no longer be BYD — it's Elon Musk
Improving Irish registrations contrast with growing uncertainty over Tesla's future as Elon Musk prioritises robotics, AI and SpaceX

Sat, 18 Jul, 2026

Blue Origin Launch
Blue Origin still ‘plan A’ for next Nasa mission despite rocket explosion
The spaceflight company has a key role to play from the outset in ambitious plans to eventually establish a moon base.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2026

Tesla Cybertruck display at a dealership. Tesla offers the Cybertruck with driving range of up to 334 miles. MY:2025
Lighten Up: Dear Elon, any chance of a loan?
For while he knows all the tricks of the farming trade, the trick of making money out of cattle is the one trick that eludes our Denis, so he has gone to trillionaire Elon Musk for advice

Mon, 29 Jun, 2026

Man holding a calculator calculating land sales tax and document management of land purchases. The concept for residential const
Suzanne Harrington: We need to tax the rich back to humanity
We continue to permit a skewed system, hoping that those who hoard wealth will chuck a bit back at us. Children still go to bed hungry

Mon, 22 Jun, 2026

A Waymo self-driving taxi in London
Self-driving cars could be introduced on Irish roads in a controlled rollout, experts say
Irish researchers back cautious autonomous vehicle rollout as regulators prepare a framework for future deployment

Sat, 13 Jun, 2026

North Belfast stabbing
Taoiseach tells Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson to ‘butt out’ of Belfast tensions
Taoiseach says online commentary from outside Ireland is fuelling tensions following days of unrest in Belfast

Thu, 11 Jun, 2026

President Trump Holds Press Conference With Elon Musk in White House's Oval Office
Elon Musk and X take High Court action against Irish media watchdog
They claim they are not a 'provider' of the global platform under EU law

Tue, 09 Jun, 2026

Leo XIV
S Sarah Harte: If we can’t make AI work for us, I’ll meet you at the barricades
Meta's layoffs of Irish staff, Geoffrey Hinton's fears about AI, and Pope Leo's encyclical have all raised fears about AI this week

Wed, 27 May, 2026

APTOPIX SpaceX Starship Launch
SpaceX launches biggest Starship yet on test flight
SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet in a test flight. The spacecraft is an upgraded version of the Starship that Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.

Sat, 23 May, 2026

Credit unions, IRFU, and An Post top list of Ireland's most reputable organisations
Credit unions, IRFU, and An Post top list of Ireland's most reputable organisations
Credit unions came top of 100 companies and organisations, with Elon Musk's X down at 100th

Thu, 21 May, 2026

'Who won the war?': Jury rules against Elon Musk in feud with OpenAI and Sam Altman
'Who won the war?': Jury rules against Elon Musk in feud with OpenAI and Sam Altman
After investing $38m in its first years, Musk accused OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back

Mon, 18 May, 2026

Musk OpenAI Trial
Elon Musk accuses lawyer of trying to trick him in high-stakes trial
'Your questions are not simple. They're designed to trick me'

Wed, 29 Apr, 2026

Tesla-Autonomous Vehicle
Tesla posts worst quarterly sales in years 
Tesla shares fell as much as 4.6% after the markets opened in New York, the biggest intraday drop in almost two months. 

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

Elon Musk is wrong about empathy — and Irish film proves it
Elon Musk is wrong about empathy — and Irish film proves it
Maybe instead of bringing shamrocks to the White House this year, our Taoiseach should be sharing our stories as a colonised people, writes Amy-Joyce Hastings

Tue, 10 Mar, 2026

Switzerland Davos
Elon Musk’s X refused a stay by High Court on Coimisiun na Meán investigation
The case centres on complaints received by the media watchdog from users of the social media platform

Thu, 05 Mar, 2026

Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet
Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet
Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

FRA-ILLUSTRATION-IA
Grok 'nudify' scandal: Data Protection Commission to investigate X over its AI app
Ireland's data protection watchdog, the lead supervisory authority across the EU/EEA, has announced 'a large-scale inquiry' into X / Twitter's compliance with obligations under the GDPR

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

New social media apps formerly twitter x and threads on smart phone screen
Government bodies need to get off X, now
Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed, writes Clare O'Donoghue Velikic

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

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X snubs TDs and senators as Paris office is raided for allegedly facilitating child abuse images 
Google, Meta, and TikTok will be at Oireachtas media committee but — even amid the Grok 'nudification' scandal — Elon Musk's social media company is refusing to show up

Wed, 04 Feb, 2026

Tesla Energy Ventures
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigation

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Justice Department Jeffrey Epstein
ieExplains: What have we learned from the newly released Epstein files?
Latest documents indicate high-profile figures continued friendships with financier after child sex abuse convictions

Mon, 02 Feb, 2026

Concept of a narcissistic and egoistic man
S Gareth O'Callaghan: Even the godfather of AI is warning us about artificial intelligence now
From Grok nudification to as-yet unknown perils of 'artificial general intelligence', Geoffrey Hinton says AI is 'extremely dangerous'

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President
Why a gradual move away from US tech is a good idea
For a small business in Cork or a family in Galway, digital sovereignty means not waking up one day to find that your email, documents, or photos are suddenly inaccessible because a foreign leader threatened tariffs or a sanctions list changed overnight, writes Brian Honan

Thu, 29 Jan, 2026

ieExplains: Why Elon Musk can’t buy Ryanair despite his online jibes
ieExplains: Why Elon Musk can’t buy Ryanair despite his online jibes
Despite online bravado, strict EU ownership rules mean Elon Musk cannot buy or control Europe’s largest airline

Tue, 20 Jan, 2026

Australia blocks over 4.7 million social media accounts after under-16 ban, PM says
Australia blocks over 4.7 million social media accounts after under-16 ban, PM says
Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit in world-leading ban

Thu, 15 Jan, 2026

Deepfake concerns
Superintendent urges victims of online 'nudification' to contact gardaí
Elite garda unit boss says it is 'difficult to understand' why robust age verification is not yet a standard feature of all online sites where sexualised images can be accessed.

Wed, 14 Jan, 2026

Donald Trump
Irish Examiner view: US ought to react calmly to unrest
The US would be better served by sitting down and talking rather than taking direct military action

Tue, 13 Jan, 2026

GERMANY-US-INTERNET-TECH-X-TWITTER-MUSK
Advocacy group questions Department of Education's decision to post images on X
Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has asked what precautions under GDPR have been taken in terms of the posting

Mon, 12 Jan, 2026

Schools to receive updated social media guidance amid Grok scandal
Schools to receive updated social media guidance amid Grok scandal
Nude deepfakes 'creating fear and anxiety amongst children', stated Webwise, the Department of Education and Youth's online safety service

Mon, 12 Jan, 2026

Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally At Madison Square Garden In NYC
Grok AI scandal: Ireland could prosecute X under existing 'child porn' law
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-CPAC
Inside Doge: why Elon Musk’s plan to cut trillions from US spending collapsed
Elon Musk’s short-lived government efficiency drive promised trillions in savings but instead left disruption, lawsuits, and unanswered questions

Sat, 03 Jan, 2026

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