Incarcerated in Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps Zuzana Ruzickova somehow survived and went on to create the complete recordings of her beloved Bach, writes James Lawless.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that there is a lot more the social network can do to regulate social media content that is harmful to children.

Fianna Fáil TD James Lawless wants Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to “put his money where his mouth is” and reveal his intentions for Facebook in relation to the adoption of GDPR rules worldwide.

Politicians will question Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on online safety and regulation when they meet him tomorrow in Dublin.

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will meet three Irish members of an international committee targetting the spread of online misinformation in Dublin.

Facebook is to introduce rules to protect the integrity of the European Parliament elections in May.

These will include a requirement that advertisers provide proof that they live in the country where their ads will be targeting users of the social media network.

IN this book, which is an emotional journey of her 11 formative years in New York City, Meg Fee describes herself as “a small universe in bloom” and suffers bouts of self-pity while losing friends “as if through a sieve”.

The Government has been sharply criticised for breaking a significant promise on online safety for children.

As many as 3.2m people will cast their vote in today’s eighth amendment referendum including 118,000 new voters, underlining the level of public importance being assigned to the historic vote.

The Government is to face stiff questioning in the Dáil over the data breach scandal at Independent News and Media (INM) this week, with Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil expected to raise the issue.

Revenue should be given the responsibility of collecting the TV licence, an Oireachtas committee has recommended.

The process of enacting legislation in this Dáil has largely ground to a halt through delaying tactics and deliberate obfuscation of the political process, writes Political Correspondent Elaine Loughlin.

The office of a Fianna Fáil TD has been vandalised by what appears to be members of the pro-life campaign.

Fianna Fáil has accused Communications Minister Denis Naughten of acting like ‘ Comical Ali’ by refusing to allow an immediate review of the Government’s broadband plan because he believes it is still on track.

Fianna Fáil began the New Year behind. The difference is more important than the five seats that separate the two main parties in the Dáil.

Running multiple fake Twitter accounts will be outlawed under legislation being put forward by Fianna Fáil.

Fianna Fáil have accused Fine Gael of abusing the controversial Strategic Communications Unit for their own political advertising and are bringing forward measures to block this.

GERMAN-speaking army first lieutenant Paul Duggan is promoted to G2 Intelligence to investigate the activities of a German spy in 1940’s Dublin. 

Fianna Fáil will not be appointing a deputy leader as Micheál Martin believes there is “no urgent requirement” to do so.

Two Fianna Fáil deputies are today putting a motion to the party, opposing plans to build the new National Children's Hospital at St James in Dublin.

IT’S 1941 and a US plane crashes in Co Mayo with goods destined for the US embassy in London.

IN OUR fast-paced world, one has to really trust an author to make a big commitment of time to surrender to the enormity of a novel such as this of nearly 600 pages. 

Commuting from Kildare to Dublin every day, while paying a mortgage and rearing a family, James Lawless felt he understood much of his constituency.

THE title of this novel appears generic and forgettable and almost indistinguishable from hundreds of others in the same field. 

Ten Fianna Fáil TDs have broken ranks to declare a grand coalition with Fine Gael or the backing of a Fine Gael-led minority government cannot be ruled out.

The population of this constituency has, like many other commuter belt areas, increased in recent years.

INITIALLY one is tempted to view this novel with its story of a young boy and a Nazi theme as a regurgitation of Boyne’s successful The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

A 58-year-old man has died after a serious assault in Kildare on Saturday night gardaí said.

IN THE small hours of yesterday morning a giddy crowd of 250 gathered around televisions at the Lime Cafe Bar in Dún Laoghaire.

OK, apart from bringing peace to the North, dramatically improving relations with Britain, strengthening Ireland’s place in Europe, establishing an excellent industrial relations framework, slashing taxes and developing one of the world’s strongest economies, what has Bertie Ahern really done for us?