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Your Questions Answered: ‘A holiday platform had me pay via bank transfer. Have I been scammed?’
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (19+ words) Your Questions Answered: "A holiday platform had me pay via bank transfer. Have I been scammed?The Irish Independent...
‘This is Ireland, this is our jurisdiction’ - TDs grill social media executives
1+ week, 3+ day ago (182+ words) This is Ireland, this is our jurisdiction" - TDs grill social media executives'The Irish Independent This is Ireland, this is our jurisdiction" - TDs grill social media executives President Catherine Connolly arrives at Stormont for Northern Ireland visit No policing failure" over…...
EU officials consider ways to lock Huawei and ZTE out of telecom networks
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (220+ words) The European Commission is exploring ways to force European Union member states to phase out Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp from their telecommunications networks. The European Commission is exploring ways to force European Union member states to phase out Huawei…...
Banks warn of fake AI celebrity investment scams now targeting retirees
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (139+ words) Investment fraud shot up in the three months up to October Niamh Davenport, head of financial crime with BPFI A new generation of scams featuring AI celebrity endorsements is duping people out of ... Investment fraud shot up in the three…...
Marks & Spencer reopens website after major cyber attack
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (108+ words) Marks & Spencer has reopened its website to customers after it was forced to halt internet orders in April following a damaging cyber attack. Tuesday, 24 June 2025 ePaper ... Marks & Spencer has reopened its website to customers more than six weeks after it…...
Man jailed for making hoax 999 calls saying there were bodies in the sea off Donegal
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (119+ words) A man who made bogus 999 calls to the emergency services reporting bodies floating in the water off the coast of Donegal and who also broke into a number of churches has been jailed. Nathan Coughlan being brought to Letterkenny District…...
Jump in fraud reported to gardaí as online shopping remains a target for crime gangs
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (104+ words) Reported fraud offences have increased by 61pc compared with the first quarter of last year, with a massive 200pc jump in shopping and online auction fraud as well as forgery and false documents fraud ... Reported fraud offences have increased by 61pc compared with…...
Plans to reform ‘in-camera’ privacy rule in family law cases, Justice Minister says
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (370+ words) A rule that allows family law cases, including domestic violence orders, to be heard in private is set to be reformed under plans unveiled by Jim O'Callaghan today. The Justice Minister is trying to make "in-camera" cases more transparent, in…...
Irish employee of multibillion dollar software giant admits he was paid to spy for rival firm
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (118+ words) An Irish employee of a major US HR software firm has admitted passing trade secrets to a competitor in return for payments of "5,500 a month. Wednesday, 18 June 2025 ePaper ... Keith O'Brien (inset) has admitted passing trade secrets to a competitor in…...
‘A black hearse began arriving at the back door almost daily’ — Nursing home carer recalls frightening days on the pandemic frontline
11+ mon, 6+ day ago (185+ words) As a healthcare worker during the Covid-19 pandemic, there was never time to reflect on the magnitude of the virus that had begun to transform the world as we knew it. In the first weeks of the global crisis, former…...