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Ryanair gets revenge on passenger who moaned about window seat with brutal 3 words
Ryanair
After a passenger expressed his frustration over the position of his window seat in the cabin, Ryanair issued an hilarious damning response to set the record straight
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'I can't believe what my ex named his child after we broke up'
Relationships
Mia was left stunned after discovering her ex-partner had chosen to name his baby after someone very close to home after getting married at her former workplace
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Disgust as trolls joke about death of man detained outside Arnotts
Social media
Anti-racism campaigners have condemned 'upsetting' online memes mocking the death of Yves Sakila, who died after being detained outside Arnotts in Dublin last week.
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Trump posts another 'Jesus' image boasting 'left lunatics won't like this'
Donald Trump
The US president's previous, now deleted, social media post depicted him as a Jesus-like figure healing a sick man
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Irishman baffled to discover his name isn't accepted on Irish airline
Irish language
Oisín Moran posted his annoyance on X, formerly Twitter, after attempting to book a flight with the Irish airline, only for the online booking system to refuse to accept his name
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‘I hear you’re an anti-Semite now, Father’ - The assault on Irish football, and on voices calling for a boycott of the Israel games, is only beginning
Republic of Ireland national football team
Fr Ted writer Graham Linehan served up a taste of what’s to come, with an attack on a community that must remain strong and united
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'Irish government needs to stop dilly-dallying around clampdown on social media'
Social media
"There are little or no controls to police them and their billionaire owners take no accountability for what they allow to be seen in the public domain"
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X probed by Irish data regulator over Grok images
Twitter
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said its inquiry concerns the apparent creation and publication on X of such material containing or involving the "processing of personal data of EU/EEA data subjects", including children
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Coco's law mum says legislation needs to be used to prosecute sickos creating nude AI images
Elon Musk
Jackie Fox worked relentlessly to bring in legislation that would make it illegal to threaten people online
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Gardai and regulators meet to assess legal action over X chatbot images
AI
Communications Minister Patrick O’Donovan said gardai currently have 200 cases related to the issue under investigation
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Paralympics Ireland announces X boycott as Grok controversy rumbles on
Sport Ireland
Elon Musk’s social media company, formerly Twitter, is under fire over the generating of illegal images by its AI chatbot Grok.
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Labour TD says robust laws needed to tackle AI nudity scandal - 'If it's not X today it's Y tomorrow'
Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s social media site announced that users will no longer be able to edit photos of people to make them nude
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Gardai probe 200 AI generated child abuse reports on X platform Grok
Gardai
Gardai have confirmed they are investigating around 200 reports of suspected AI generated child sexual abuse material on X linked to the Grok tool.
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Pressure mounts to ban X in Ireland amid AI image concerns
AI
The media minister has rejected calls to ban X in Ireland despite concerns over AI generated abuse images.
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'I just don't feel comfortable with it.' Media minister deactivates X account amid Grok controversy
Social media
The AI tool on X had informed users that requests to generate sexualised images would only be granted for paid subscribers
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GAA club says it will no longer be using X amid Grok AI images scandal
GAA
The club stated it would no longer be posting on the website formerly known as Twitter, which is owned by Elon Musk
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Law will penalise X over Grok deepfake images of women and children says Taoiseach
Micheal Martin
Grok, the AI tool used by X, has caused a scandal after it appeared to create sexualised images of women and children when prompted by users - reports Ciara O'Loughlin from Shanghai
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Simon Harris hits back at social media user who wished him dead
Simon Harris
The Fine Gael leader has received numerous threats investigated by gardaí in the past few months
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Smyths issues urgent warning for parents doing Christmas shopping
Smyths
Parents across Ireland are being urged to take care while Christmas shopping after Smyths Toys issued an urgent warning.
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Cloudflare down LIVE: X and Spotify chaos as major sites crash in mass outage
Twitter
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Bridesmaid walks down aisle and then people realise she's with Irish megastar
Um... what? viral
A woman was a bridesmaid at her friends' wedding and was paired up with a very handsome (and very famous) man – and people can't believe who the Irish celebrity was
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Meghan Markle's family leak photo she 'never wanted the world to see'
Meghan Markle
A controversial throwback photo of Meghan Markle, described as one she 'never wanted the world to see', was shared by her family.
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Holidaymakers threaten to ditch Spain and 'go elsewhere' over new rule change
Spain holidays
Thousands of Irish tourists are planning autumn trips to Spain, but a proposed nationwide rule change has already sparked frustration and debate among some holidaymakers.
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Eerie Charlie Kirk tweet from 11 years ago appeared to 'predict' his own death
USA
Charlie Kirk, 31 was fatally shot at a Utah rally in what authorities called a political assassination, with some noting a 2014 social media post in which he eerily mentioned being 'shot'.
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