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Tuesday 20 October 2020
The 38-year-old forward gave a jubilant interview following the win over Oxford.
It’s a coronavirus-free zone as we bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
A message circulating WhatsApp claims that the platform is going to start charging users from “Saturday morning”.
The photo has been widely shared on social media and messaging services.
The WhatsApp message is reminiscent of a previous hoax text in 2015.
WhatsApp has moved to restrict the forwarding of content to just one person in one go.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Volumes of misinformation about coronavirus has been circulated through messaging and social media apps.
A message claiming to be from a friend’s uncle who works in a hospital in China has been circulating lately.
This is to fight misinformation that has been spreading like wildfire on social media, mostly on WhatsApp.
One of the striking things about the coronavirus outbreak is the sheer scale of misinformation being spread about it. We take a look at why, and what it means.
No: that WhatsApp message about a military lockdown, that went viral at the weekend, is not true.
The woman believed she had deleted the video, but it had saved automatically to her phone.
The court heard that Omo Delpin Omorouyi can no longer pursue her career as she cannot get garda vetting.
The Workplace Relations Commission has found that he was unfairly dismissed.
Ben O’Reilly was acquitted of robbing Fernanda de Freitas’s cash and phone.
NSO Group strongly denies the claims.
‘Offensive’ content was allegedly circulated among students at Blackhall Place.
The social media network has been dogged by several privacy scandals in recent years.
Analysts are responsible for checking requests made by authorities like An Garda Síochána.
The company has officially notified the Data Protection Commission about the breach.
The DPC said that it had been informed by WhatsApp about a “serious vulnerability” on its platform.
No, it wasn’t just you.
The “Momo challenge” has started to appear on social media platforms in recent days.
Facebook said that it would make connecting easier for users, while critics said that it was a way of circumventing regulations.
The woman in her 30s who was killed in the incident has been named as Jackie Griffin.
“We need to put some manners on him. Any ideas,” one message said of Dublin West TD Noel Rock.
Eoin Butler on the joys of watching and discussing sport through different mediums.
More than 20 people have been lynched in India after being accused of child abduction.
‘You’ll never guess who died’ is a phrase you see at least once a week.
Former Ireland international Kevin Kilbane will also be working for the Beeb in Russia.
The video has been shared widely across social media and on messaging apps.
The previous minimum age was 13 years old.
Commonly shared around WhatsApp groups, it portends great doom coming to your phone.
A number of taxi drivers have been targeted in west Dublin since the end of last year.
Matthew Horan was found in possession of thousands of child porn images.
It is not yet clear how the image ended up on social media websites.
Afghan authorities said that it was just “testing new technologies” when explaining the reasons for the ban.
A research paper has identified the widespread use of WhatsApp at the University Hospital Limerick.
The three first-years had been part of a private messaging group.
Only 14% of people studied were securing their messaging apps properly.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
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