European news for Ireland
The EU’s emergency response coordination centre (ERCC) has activated Copernicus rapid satellite mapping of Storm Éowyn on behalf of Ireland. Copernicus satellite imagery is now being processed for eight key…
The EU is under pressure to ensure that the Digital Services Act is being properly enforced. It comes after a spate of complaints about hate speech and disinformation on social…
Consumers are being blocked from accessing websites and apps from other parts of the European Union despite a law designed to prevent that happening. The EU’s watchdog, the European Court…
The European Commission has put forward plans to tighten up hospital cybersecurity EU-wide. The Health Service Executive (HSE) was hit by a devastating attack in May 2021. A ransomware attack…
There are more than 120 references to Europe threaded throughout the Programme for Government. So what does this draft programme tell us about the next government’s relationship with the EU?…
The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty has warned that Meta’s decision to drop fact checking in the US could have dangerous implications for human rights. Earlier…
The boss of Facebook and Instagram has accused Europe of holding back innovation and institutionalising censorship. Mark Zuckerberg has announced that it will get rid of fact checkers in the…
The European Commission is keeping a close eye on Elon Musk. In recent months the boss of X (previously known as Twitter) has been taking an increasingly close interest in…
From tomorrow, all new phones, speakers, cameras and other electronic devices sold in Europe must use the same charger: USB-C The European law on common chargers comes into force tomorrow,…
Ireland’s data protection authority has fined Meta €251 million for a massive leak that affected millions of Facebook users in Europe and around the world. Hackers were able to get…