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Amazon said to make bid to buy video app TikTok

Amazon.com has put in a last-minute offer to buy all of short-form video app TikTok, the New York Times reported today, citing three people familiar with the bid.

Business • 02 Apr

The social media firm's lawyers were addressing complaints brought under the Employment Equality Act 1998 by Viktorija Danilova, an ad service specialist

AI advances drove staff cuts at TikTok's Irish office

An equality hearing has been told that job cuts announced last year for multilingual support staff at TikTok's Irish office were driven by major advancements in artificial intelligence.

Business • 28 Mar

Joe Lynskey was abducted and shot by the IRA in the summer of 1972

Remains found in Co Monaghan grave not Joe Lynskey

The Disappeared Commission has confirmed that human remains found in a grave in Co Monaghan last year are not those of Joe Lynskey, who was abducted and murdered by the IRA more than 50 years ago.

Ulster • 24 Mar

Watch: 'Chubby', 'skinny' filters removed after backlash

Viral filters which use artificial intelligence to make people appear "chubby" or "skinny" have been removed from the video editing app CapCut following concerns around body image and mental health.

Science and Technology • 21 Mar

Emily Ditkovski spent 12 hours retaking driving lessons with an instructor

Lack of reciprocal drivers' licence exchange a 'barrier'

Americans who come to live in Ireland, as well as returning Irish citizens whose licences may have expired, still have to retake driving lessons and re-sit their tests, due to a lack of a reciprocal drivers' licence exchange.

Ireland • 19 Mar

Little Angels is the only school in Co Donegal catering for children aged between three and 18 years old with profound and severe learning disabilities

Donegal parents call for additional special school places

Parents in Co Donegal are urging the Department of Education to provide additional special school spaces for their children who have severe and profound learning disabilities.

Ulster • 10 Mar

Clive and Samantha Ryan say they will have to foot the bill if the insulation has to be removed

Couple told to remove home insulation over planning rules

The Irish Planning Institute and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland have said they would like to see planning regulations updated to take account of green initiatives such as home energy upgrades.

Environment • 10 Mar

TikTok announced a global restructuring in February

TikTok layoffs to take effect in April, says minister

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke has said that it is his understanding that redundancies at TikTok's Irish operation will take effect in April.

Ireland • 06 Mar

The two new tracks debuted on the Kabin Crew's Christmas Special on RTÉ

Kabin Crew win Song of the Year and release new songs

Young Cork hip-hop collective Kabin Crew have released their new double A-side single, Kabin Party/Belter, following news that their viral smash hit The Spark, a collaboration with Lisdoonvarna Crew, has won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize's Song of The Year.

Music • 07 Mar

A number of electric vehicle chargers in Adamstown are set to be removed within 30 days

Adamstown residents told EV chargers will be removed

A number of residents in the Adamstown area of west Dublin have been told that electric vehicle chargers they have installed in front of their homes will be removed because parking spaces and pathways in the development are regarded as common areas.

Dublin • 05 Mar

The Government has been told that around 300 jobs are at risk

Up to 300 jobs under threat at TikTok's Irish operation

Around 300 Irish-based jobs are under threat at video-sharing platform TikTok.

Business • 06 Mar

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Microsoft President Brad Smith and IDA Ireland CEO Michael Lohan

Commitment to Ireland 'steadfast' - Microsoft president

Microsoft's Vice Chair and President Brad Smith has said that the company's commitment to Ireland is steadfast.

Business • 03 Mar

It is claimed in the lawsuit that Archie Battersbee, 12, Isaac Kenevan 13, Maia Walsh, 13, and Julian 'Jools' Sweeney, 14, died while attempting the challenge

UK families take case against TikTok over child deaths

Four families in the UK have taken a lawsuit in the US against the social media app TikTok alleging wrongful death in the case of their children.

UK • 23 Feb

The civic centre will include two floors of library space as well as changing facilities for beach-goers

Civic centre opens in Co Meath at cost of over €10m

A €10 million civic centre has been officially opened in east Meath, bringing a permanent library service to the area for the first time in almost 20 years.

Regional • 24 Feb

Almost 3,000 staff are employed in TikTok's Irish operation

Irish-based TikTok staff to be impacted by job cuts

Irish-based staff at video-sharing platform TikTok have been told that they will be impacted by job cuts.

Business • 20 Feb

'Chain of survival' - 20 years of CFR groups in Ireland

Twenty years after the idea was first mooted in a Co Wicklow village, Ireland's network of community first responders is now made up of 4,000 volunteers in more than 300 groups nationwide.

Leinster • 16 Feb

An Post says the volume of letters has halved over the last decade

Watch: Have we lost the art of letter writing?

In this age of instant messaging, voice notes, and endless scrolling, the once-intimate act of letter writing has all but disappeared.

Ireland • 15 Feb

Although TikTok resumed service after Donald Trump's assurances, Google and Apple kept the app removed from their app stores in the US

TikTok returns on US Apple, Google app stores

TikTok returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining it.

US • 14 Feb

Judge Roderick Maguire awarded Ms Joyce €10,000 damages against ITX Retail Limited

TikTok influencer awarded damages against Zara

A TikTok influencer and member of the Traveller community, who has more than 125,000 online followers, has been awarded €20,000 in damages against the retailer Zara and its security company, Bidvest Noonan, for defaming her character.

Courts • 12 Feb

Shannon Norton and son TJ outside their new 3D printed home in Grange Close in Dundalk

3D printed home like 'winning the lottery' - homeowner

A woman, who has been waiting for a house for ten years, has described becoming one of the first people to move into a 3D printed house in Ireland and the UK as "winning the lottery".

Ireland • 06 Feb

A destroyed polytunnel belonging to organic farmer Dermot O'Mara in Galway

Galway farmers appeal for Govt supports after storm

There are still 13,000 customers without power in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, and the west of Ireland was one of the worst affected areas.

Connacht • 05 Feb

Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of the law

Trump discussing TikTok purchase, decision in '30 days'

US President Donald Trump said he was in talks with multiple people over buying TikTok and would likely have a decision on the app's future in the next 30 days.

US • 26 Jan

Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban TikTok that was slated to be closed down on Sunday

TikTok gets reprieve with Trump order but with twist

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok that was slated to be closed down on January 19.

Business • 21 Jan

TikTok 'is back in the US' as app restores service

TikTok began restoring its services in the US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app's access in the US when he returns to power.

US • 20 Jan

President Joe Biden is being urged to give ByteDance more time to sell TikTok

How Biden or Trump can still rescue TikTok from US ban

The Supreme Court has upheld a new ruling that that gives TikTok's parent ByteDance until 19 January to sell to an American buyer or be banned in the US. So how could Donald Trump or President Joe Biden prevent the app from going dark?

US • 17 Jan

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