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Max Schrems: Austrian lawyer and privacy activist. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Schrems criticises Irish data regulator after Facebook case breakthrough

Technology
January 13, 2021, 20:55

Privacy campaigner still awaiting response to complaint submited to DPC in 2013

Colombian singer Shakira performs during the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2020. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images

'Queen of Latin Music' Shakira tunes in to trend of selling music rights

Media & Marketing
January 13, 2021, 19:47

Colombian popstar becomes latest artist to sell back catalogue of songs

Large gaps have appeared on supermarket shelves in the North in recent weeks. Photograph: PA

UK will trigger safeguards in Brexit deal if NI supermarkets suffer – Johnson

Retail & Services
January 13, 2021, 17:46

Safeguard measures allow either party to take unilateral measures

Smurfit Kappa chief executive Tony Smurfit. File photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Tony Smurfit named European paper sector CEO of 2021

Manufacturing
January 13, 2021, 17:21

Smurfit Kappa boss is hailed for his leadership during Covid-19 pandemic

Intel, long the world leader in chip-making technology, has lost its manufacturing edge in recent years. Photograph: iStock

Intel taps VMware’s Pat Gelsinger as CEO, to replace Bob Swan

Technology
January 13, 2021, 15:28

Gelsinger is former Intel executive

The DPC took a preliminary draft decision that personal data should not be transferred out of the EU to its American parent Facebook Inc. Photograph: EPA

High Court to decide on Facebook’s data commissioner challenge as soon as possible

Media & Marketing
January 13, 2021, 15:08

Separate action by data rights activist Max Schrems resolved

Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems. Photograph: Reuters

State agrees to proceed with complaint over Facebook data flows

Media & Marketing
January 13, 2021, 14:17

High Court to rule on mechanism Facebook uses for EU-US data transfers

Hiring a third party to spread disinformation allows political groups to keep themselves at arm’s length. Image: iStock

Boom in private companies offering disinformation-for-hire

Media & Marketing
January 13, 2021, 14:07

Manipulation of online opinion is big business

Sean Mulryan, chairman and group chief executive of Ballymore, which has secured permission for a major mixed development beside Dublin’s Connolly station. Photograph: Alan Betson

Ballymore gets green light for Connolly Quarter

Commercial Property
January 13, 2021, 13:28

Sean Mulryan’s group plans 80,000 sq m of offices, shops and homes next to rail hub

The differential in mortgage rates costs Irish consumers as much as €80,000 on a €300,000 mortgage over 30 years

Irish home-buyers still paying more than European counterparts for basic mortgage

Financial Services
January 13, 2021, 12:16

The average rate charged on new mortgages in Ireland was 2.79% in November, compared to a euro area average of 1.31%

Signal was downloaded 8.8 million times worldwide in the week after the WhatsApp changes were first announced on January 4th. Photograph: AFP via Getty

WhatsApp fights back as users flee to Signal and Telegram

Technology
January 13, 2021, 12:08

Facebook-owned WhatsApp scrambles to deal with fresh competition

United Oil and Gas sees strong production at energy site in Egypt

Energy & Resources
January 13, 2021, 11:21

Dublin-based exploration firm was established by ex-Tullow oil executive

Kenmare managing director Michael Carvill.Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/Irish Times

Kenmare reports positive production and shipment volumes from Mozambique mine

Energy & Resources
January 13, 2021, 10:51

Mining firm says it benefited from increased global demand for ilmenite, its main product

Depleted shelves in Marks & Spencer at Donegall Place in Belfast as major retailers in Northern Ireland continue to experience Brexit-related disruption. Photograph: PA

‘Urgent’ help needed to ensure supply to North, UK supermarkets warn

Retail & Services
January 13, 2021, 10:35

Food retailers struggle to import fresh goods with some shelves empty since start of year

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has, until now, been considered responsible for pursuing privacy complaints against multinationals headquartered in the State, such as Facebook. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Court says all EU states can take data cases against Facebook

Technology
January 13, 2021, 10:11

Social media giant had insisted only Ireland’s regulator could take action over infringements

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