Ireland is facing a new and unexpected challenge: keeping its power grid running as artificial intelligence (AI) demands more and more energy. The country’s capital, Dublin, has become Europe’s hub for data centers—massive facilities that store and process information for the cloud. These data centers are essential for powering our
Yesterday we informed you about Sweden’s plan to offer money to migrants to return to their home countries, since Sweden has more emigrants than immigrants for the first time in half a century. Now, Ireland’s usually peaceful countryside is at the center of a heated debate about immigration. Recent developments
In a series of coordinated actions on Wednesday morning, Ireland, Spain, and Norway announced their recognition of the Palestinian state. Israel reacted immediately to the announcement that Ireland, Spain, and Norway would formally recognize a Palestinian state on May 28. Israel warned it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from
The Ireland government is reportedly looking at plans to cull 200,000 cows to meet climate targets. The collateral damage of net zero is now getting uncomfortably close to home. First Dutch farmers were threatened with compulsory purchases to satisfy EU emissions targets, fomenting a new revolt in the process. Now it’s Ireland’s turn, where
Amid fresh warnings of violence, officials recently raised the security alert level from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ as the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom prepare to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Police in Northern Ireland also disrupted a plan for a terror attack to overshadow
The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta €265 million for a data scraping leak that exposed the personal information of EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, and dozens of other EU officials.
The Irish Data Protection Commission launched an inquiry into Instagram in 2020 for mishandling children’s data, which resulted in Instagram being fined over 400 million euros.
