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Last week
7th June 2026 - 13th June 2026
High Court
Elon Musk and X open High Court action against Irish media watchdog
9 Jun
13.4k
This year
2026
Social Media
Senator Eileen Flynn says she has faced worst online abuse and hate yet in past week
David MacRedmond
18 Apr
37.6k
Internet Diaries
The Irish LoyalFans creator who shares racist content and videos of herself spitting on people
Stephen McDermott
5 Apr
36.1k
Internet Diaries
The internet has come for St Patrick’s Day and turned it into a global culture war about Ireland
Stephen McDermott
22 Mar
24.3k
Musk in court
Elon Musk expected to pay out billions as jury finds he misled Twitter investors in takeover
21 Mar
12.1k
FactCheck
Debunked: A graph about bisexual women shared with false claims it is about transgender kids
10 Mar
5.7k
grok
Social media firms criticise X for snubbing Oireachtas Committee on online safety
Committee chair Alan Kelly said it was “deeply worrying” and “pretty disrespectful” that X did not attend the committee.
Updated 4 Feb
9.6k
52
Investigation
Musk calls Paris prosecutors raid of X office in France a 'political attack'
Updated 3 Feb
19.0k
74
grok
AI Minister Niamh Smyth tells Oireachtas committee she 'doesn't trust' X after Grok scandal
27 Jan
2.9k
Online Safety
Tánaiste says Cabinet proposals ready in weeks to deal with AI non-consensual sexual images
22 Jan
2.2k
11
billionaires got beef
Elon v Ryanair: 'Michael O'Leary might be a dose, but he's our dose'
Peter Flanagan
Updated 21 Jan
9.2k
28
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders
Carl Kinsella
10 Jan
10.9k
Online Safety
Grok nudification scandal: Will Ireland have the courage to challenge the tech oligarchs?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated 7 Jan
7.9k
Last year
2025
FactCheck
Debunked: No, President Catherine Connolly was not kicked off the social media platform X
30 Dec 2025
218
reginald d hunter
Judge rules summons by Campaign Against Antisemitism was attempt to have comedian ‘cancelled’
24 Dec 2025
16.5k
High Court
Elon Musk and X granted permission to challenge Irish media regulator investigation
9 Dec 2025
11.3k
Liverpool Crown Court
Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton spared jail over grossly offensive social media posts
8 Dec 2025
9.2k
x marks the spot
X now shows where individual users are posting from: What does it tell us about Irish accounts?
26 Nov 2025
11.9k
Social Media
Irish regulator launches investigation into X over handling of reports from users
12 Nov 2025
6.2k
FactCheck
Debunked: Roderic O’Gorman did not tweet in eight languages inviting asylum seekers to Ireland
29 Oct 2025
3.1k
Conor McGregor
Over half of McGregor's presidential campaign posts on X filled with false claims and threats
15 Sep 2025
37.8k
United States
Elon Musk's tech companies are suing Apple and ChatGPT owner
25 Aug 2025
12.2k
Labour Court
Musk's Twitter takeover gave Irish staff less than 48 hours to decide their future
29 Jul 2025
17.7k
FactCheck
Debunked: Meme image of Hillary Clinton calling Conor McGregor ‘future president’ is a spoof
18 Jul 2025
8.6k
Logging Out
CEO of X Linda Yaccarino steps down after two eventful years as head of Musk's platform
9 Jul 2025
9.1k
8
grok
Elon Musk's AI chatbot made antisemitic and pro-Hitler remarks (and then deleted them)
9 Jul 2025
9.2k
FactCheck
Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe
28 May 2025
9.5k
Courts
Jewellery piercer caught with child abuse images after Twitter tip-off, court hears
9 May 2025
20.5k
FactCheck
How far-right agitators exploited an information vacuum after the Stoneybatter attack
10 Feb 2025
29.1k
Twitter
European Commission criticised over lack of action taken against Elon Musk's X
21 Jan 2025
7.8k
Drumcondra
Cherry Tomato Bridge was a return to social media of old - and yes, that matters
13 Jan 2025
27.2k
37
a whiff of musk
Opinion: Elon Musk interfering in UK politics was not on our 2025 bingo card
Peter Flanagan
12 Jan 2025
8.9k
68
District Court
Anti-immigration activist and man he 'clashes with online' both charged after altercation in Waterford
9 Jan 2025
20.1k
All time
x
Elon Musk accused of censoring far-right accounts amid immigration row
28 Dec 2024
23.3k
81
The Daily Poll
Do you use X?
14 Nov 2024
20.8k
124
drama drives interest
When Elon came to Dublin: An excerpt from Catherine Sanz's new book about the Web Summit
Catherine Sanz
12 Nov 2024
7.0k
49
Social Media
Opinion: Netanyahu and Musk are different types of narcissists, both foolish and bad for the world
Bobby McDonagh
19 Oct 2024
9.3k
Social Media
Brazil lifts ban on Elon Musk's X after platform paid millions in fines to settle row
8 Oct 2024
4.7k
22
Elon musk
Elon Musk's X pays over $5m to have Brazil ban lifted (but transfers money to wrong account)
Updated 5 Oct 2024
15.7k
38
Comisiún na Meán
Ireland's media watchdog to crack down on online platforms hosting illegal content
12 Sep 2024
8.7k
50
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