Ciara O’Brien

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There is a wider article to be done for sure - I have been compiling a list of people to speak to this morning.

Try Gemini. ChatGPT did much better than it used to but it was dodgy at times. Plus when I got it to translate something, it added random things in that definitely weren’t in the conversation.

To the people saying it’s undemocratic that their preferred candidate didn’t get a nomination for president: local and national elections are and always have been an option for them. And arguably more effective than the role of president when it comes to deciding policy and affecting daily lives.

ICCL warned watchdog about sale of Irish sexual abuse survivors’ data in 2020 — but DPC and minister did nothing In 2020, ICCL went undercover and purchased data identifying 200 Irish people tagged as survivors of sexual abuse. The findings were handed to the Data Protection Commission and the Minister for Justi...

On @antonsavage.bsky.social NewsTalk Radio this morning:
We warned Helen McEntee (then Minister for Justice) five years ago about Data Protection Commission's refusal to stop the flow of data about Irish people to data brokers - as now exposed by RTE Prime Time.

www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wa...

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’ Rising food costs, challenging wages, and expensive leases – restaurants are facing a perfect storm. Can they thrive or simply survive

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’

www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/09...

Interesting. iPhone Air is eSIM only. Will this push Irish networks into wider adoption? #appleevent

Lovely new design for the iPhone Air. Which I’ll immediately slap a case on. #appleevent

Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company? Payments may have been disclosed inadvertently

Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company?

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Mary Robinson on CNN and VM News.

Mary Robinson: "The entire Israeli cabinet should be sanctioned."

She contrasts the positive role of the EU and US in bringing a settlement to the north of Ireland with their posture here.

@virginmedianews.bsky.social

Petition to Irish journalists NOT to report on the cringeworthy utterances of every nucking futcase who declares an *intention* to run for the Irish presidency until they can show a viable, or even remotely possible, path to nomination.
There's more important things out there to be writing about.

Coming soon: Season two of Conversations with Parents

Guess who's back... open.spotify.com/episode/3803...

The union Forsa has set up an online pledge for support act.forsa.ie/pensionparit...

Four women standing outside a school, two holding signs calling for pension parity now.

Secretaries and caretakers at schools are on another day of strike action, looking for pension parity. So far, lots of support at our local school.

See also: hand feeding fussy cat.

A black cat lying on a fluffy cloud print blanket.

Didn’t have “cat doorman” on my future occupations bingo card when I was younger, but here we are.

Gardaí issue new appeal for information a year after Kyran Durnin reported missing A huge Garda investigation has failed to yield any information about the boy, who is presumed to be dead

Gardaí issue new appeal for information a year after Kyran Durnin reported missing

However, the new IPT filing states the TCN "is not limited to" data stored under ADP, suggesting the UK government sought bulk interception access to Apple's standard iCloud service, which is much more widely used by the company's customers. The TCN also included "obligations to provide and maintain a capability to disclose categories of data stored within a cloud-based backup service", the filing states, which suggests the government sought to tap messages or passwords that were backed up in the cloud as well.

More details of the UK’s incredible attempt to compromise the private files and passwords of literally all iPhone users worldwide. www.ft.com/content/fe2c...

Izzpresso Maker review: Portable espresso machine for caffeine hits on the go Compact machine comes with its own battery that can heat up water for you if you’re out and about

This week’s #tech review: the Izzpresso portable coffee maker. Sold through Cork’s Izz Cafe. www.irishtimes.com/technology/c...

I’ve seen them (and him) a few times over the past few years but this was just really bad. He went off on one from the stage because someone shouted “come on Evan!” And not in a “cop on” way, more a “you can do it”’vibe.

Watching The Lemonheads at the Academy. I’m not sure what the hell is going on, but this is … not great.

First time I saw #Oasis was Slane in 2009. It was … not great. The past two days have exorcised that particular demon.

The other penguins pretending they’re not with her.

Apple Is Shutting a Store in China, Its First Closure in the Country The move speaks to slowing spending by consumers and Apple’s continuing struggles in China, its second-largest market.

Apple will close a store in northeastern China in August, the first time it has shuttered one of its retail locations since it opened its first outlet in the country in 2008.

A blue pool outside a villa. A llama ring and an inflatable unicorn ring float on the surface.

Even though I’m on holiday.

Work starts now.

From October they’ll just be blocked.

A text message with the sender “likely scam”

Also Harvey Norman Ireland might have missed the deadline for registering with Comreg’s Sender ID registry. Considering the delivery update I got from them (legit update for a product I bought) came tagged like this.

I have lied repeatedly to my kids today about the existence of a Switch 2 in my house. No that’s not a Switch 2, it’s a regular old Switch. No that’s not the new Mario Kart, that’s the old one that you have on your Switch Lite. It’s self preservation.

Irish influencers trolled on Tattle life: ‘They said I’m a bad mum. That I’m ugly. They wrote my address on it’ Social media influencers in Ireland have been the subject of ‘horrific’ commentary on the gossip website, including about their children.

The least surprising thing about this whole story is that behind Tattle was a man making money off it.