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@joeblynam.bsky.social

Business Editor of @newstalkFM. I’m still heard on @BBCworldservice. Headline Money & Wincott Prize winner. Www.joelynam.com

802 Followers  |  822 Following  |  276 Posts  |  Joined: 27.08.2024  |  2.1768

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CBS lawyers tried to silence Stephen Colbert. He posted the interview on YouTube anyway.

What Trump doesn't want you to see:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...

18.02.2026 15:55 — 👍 714    🔁 218    💬 25    📌 12
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Every Italian who comes to Ireland for the Rugby should be given at least one free pint…

13.02.2026 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them

01.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 3395    🔁 1457    💬 129    📌 78

Good question

20.01.2026 13:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Elon Musk on X: "Buy Ryan Air and restore Ryan as their rightful ruler" / X Buy Ryan Air and restore Ryan as their rightful ruler

30m people so far have voted and most of them want Musk to buy Europes biggest airline Ryanair
x.com/elonmusk/sta...

20.01.2026 09:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

x.com/eu_eurostat/...

Eurozone inflation dips below 2% making a rate hike highly unlikely in the next few months

19.01.2026 11:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

EU readies €93bn tariffs in retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat

18.01.2026 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Some Stillorgan shopping centre retailers holding back rent due to ‘massive impact’ of parking fees Delegation from businesses at south Dublin retail complex met centre’s owners amid drop in activity at their units

Some Stillorgan shopping centre retailers holding back rent due to ‘massive impact’ of parking fees

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

17.01.2026 07:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s most of the world

It goes to show that any Trade “deal“ with the U.S. over the past nine months is not worth the paper it is printed on

16.01.2026 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump says he may hit countries with tariffs if they do not back US on Greenland President Donald Trump has suggested he may punish countries with tariffs if they do not back the US controlling Greenland.His message came as a US ...
16.01.2026 16:38 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

France warns US that Greenland seizure would endanger EU trade

16.01.2026 05:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

15.01.2026 02:17 — 👍 44187    🔁 16200    💬 1637    📌 872
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Page One in Detroit: Sabula.

@freep.com

15.01.2026 11:21 — 👍 5296    🔁 1231    💬 217    📌 133

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Apple App Store developer guideline: “Apps should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, in exceptionally poor taste, or just plain creepy.”

And yet at Apple is happy for the Grok app to enable & share vile AI images of real people

10.01.2026 11:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Judge says Burke 'has something to hide' by refusing to provide court with statements of income The comments were made in a new judgment in a case taken by Wilson’s Hospital School.

Judge Brian Cregan said “it is clear” that Enoch Burke “has something to hide” by refusing to comply with legal requests to provide the High Court with details of his income. jrnl.ie/6897847

09.12.2025 12:18 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Conor McGregor’s bid to further appeal Nikita Hand case is rejected by Supreme Court The Supreme Court has decided not to grant mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor and his friend James Lawrence further appeals against the outcome of the Nikita Hand civil rape case.

Conor McGregor’s bid to further appeal Nikita Hand case is rejected by Supreme Court www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

04.12.2025 17:39 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

04.12.2025 17:41 — 👍 6828    🔁 3334    💬 178    📌 532
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Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update | Microsoft 365 Blog Today we are announcing expanded availability of AI, security, and management capabilities coming to Microsoft 365 offerings in 2026.

Microsoft's raising prices on Office subscriptions next year

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

04.12.2025 17:26 — 👍 45    🔁 11    💬 17    📌 8
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South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth receives 12-week ban for eye gouging against Wales Suspension reduced from 18 weeks due to mitigating factors including his previous record

South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth receives 12-week ban for eye gouging against Wales

04.12.2025 17:30 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Read The Emails Epstein Sent Detailing What Trump Knew The House Oversight Committee released several emails from Jeffrey Epstein suggesting President Donald Trump knew about his criminal activity.

The House Oversight Committee released several emails from Jeffrey Epstein suggesting President Donald Trump knew about his criminal activity.

12.11.2025 15:37 — 👍 33    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 1
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Trump's tariffs on China Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam · Episode

Head-spinning day, but was glad to start it at 6.45am on Newstalk FM with @JoeBLynam, talking rare earths, Nexperia and the fast-changing world we live in.

14.10.2025 14:53 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Trump is now threatening a tariff of 91% on - checks notes- Pasta

www.lesechos.fr/industrie-se...

06.10.2025 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It was good to speak to @joeblynam.bsky.social this morning at 6.45 about changes to B2C small parcels moving into the EU. This topic is not going away. Particularly worrying part is the new handling fee, which will be non-refundable and due whether or not goods are subject to duties.

24.09.2025 06:26 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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German chancellor threatens to boycott Eurovision if Israel excluded Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that if Israel is excluded from Eurovision 2026, Germany will not take part.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that if Israel is excluded from Eurovision 2026, Germany will not take part.

06.10.2025 12:15 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 33    📌 20
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What an absolute mess. The new 🇫🇷 PM Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after less than four weeks in the job. This is the curt communiqué just issued by the presidency

06.10.2025 07:54 — 👍 29    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 4
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23.09.2025 04:11 — 👍 24363    🔁 6145    💬 663    📌 423
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Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigati...

Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found.

www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm

18.09.2025 07:04 — 👍 45    🔁 31    💬 3    📌 3
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Sky to cut about 600 tech jobs Roles will be at risk at Sky's Osterley, Leeds and Livingston sites.

news.sky.com/story/sky-to...

16.09.2025 13:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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