Facebook’s unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the validity of EU-US data transfer channels will be heard in January.

Amongst the trends likely to grow in the business place of 2018, remote working seems a concept becoming ever more established.

Retailers’ group RGDATA has called for an urgent review of the application of data protection law as it applies to the use of CCTV for crime prevention purposes.

Fianna Fáil has ruled out holding a referendum on changing the Constitution in relation to abortion if the party was to enter Government after the next general election.

More than half of farmers say Ireland should not take in anymore refugees.

Ireland is ready for a gay taoiseach, according to an Irish Examiner/ICMSA national opinion poll of farmers.

Permanent TSB yesterday confirmed that it has reported a data breach involving less than 100 customers to the Data Protection Commissioner.

Darren Clarke, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thomas Bjorn were set to discover on Wednesday which of them will have the daunting task of following in Paul McGinley’s footsteps as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain.

Former justice minister Alan Shatter has asked a judge to overturn a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached data protection laws when he said on RTÉs Prime Time that TD Mick Wallace had benefited from garda discretion with regard to penalty points.

The Garda Ombudsman yesterday said it would have referred the report of its leak inquiry to the "appropriate agency" if it had found any "definitive evidence" indicating a criminal offence.

The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating Irish banks’ interpretation of data protection legislation that requires customers to give the bank photo identification

Patients prescribed stop-smoking pills do not suffer an increased risk of suicide compared with those using nicotine patches and gum, a study has found.

U2 star Bono became a wedding singer last weekend as a favour to a billionaire.

The Data Protection Commissioner is warning against the installation of CCTV in crèches.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said he discovered during a Garda briefing that Independent TD Mick Wallace was stopped for using a mobile phone while driving.

The mobile phone operation 02 is at the centre of a data breach - after it admitted losing a tape that may have contained some of its customers’ personal information.

The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the alleged ability of non-staff to access schools software and view confidential student information because of shared login codes.

Government plans to track down homeowners failing to pay the household charge have still not been submitted to the Data Commissioner.

RED-FACED ministers were forced to promise worried householders their private data would be safe after the controversial homes tax got off to an embarrassing beginning.

The Data Protection Commissioner has said it is to investigate complaints its received about the social networking site Facebook.

THE Health Service Executive is to stop providing journalists with information on the condition of patients.

SOME G8 nations made encouraging progress last year towards fulfilling the commitments they made at the 2005 Gleneagles Summit to fight extreme poverty in Africa.

AID for Africa — and whether enough was coming from the world’s biggest economic powers — was in the spotlight as the Group of Eight nations met with seven African leaders at its annual summit.

US President George Bush labelled Zimbabwe’s election a sham today as G8 leaders kicked off their annual summit.

THE Data Protection Commissioner yesterday ruled that recruitment website Jobs.ie did not have sufficient security to protect the personal information of its clients and held on to private information for longer than was necessary.

THE internet recruitment service Jobs.ie sent a report to the Data Protection Commissioner yesterday after hackers gained illegal access to users’ personal details.

BOB GELDOF pulled no punches yesterday when describing the G8’s deal on Africa.

G8 leader Germany is pledging to make Africa a central point of next month’s summit and is calling for more aid, further debt relief and improved financial oversight.

Movie star Matt Damon is urging American politicians to live up to the promises they have made to Africa after returning from an awareness mission to find out just how aid is distributed.

U2 lead singer Bono began the second day of his ten-day tour of Africa today, where he plans to examine the achievements of his Make Poverty History campaign.

Rock activist Bono will begin a ten-day tour of Africa next week to examine the achievements of his Make Poverty History campaign.

Rock star and activist Bono today unveiled a new push to fight HIV and Aids in Africa, unveiling a partnership with several companies to offer red-themed products, proceeds of which will go toward funding anti-Aids programmes.

A deal to erase billions of dollars of debt for poor countries cleared an important hurdle, winning the endorsement of the International Monetary Fund’s steering committee.

Bono has appealed to American Republicans to tackle the Aids crisis in Africa if they win a second term at the November elections.

U2 front man Bono is to become one of six managing directors of a $1 billion media and entertainment fund in the US.

The 20th anniversary of Live Aid will draw the public’s attention back to African issues and encourage western governments to take urgent action, it was claimed today.

U2 LEAD singer Bono is to address EU ministers meeting in Dublin next week.