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Will this be the year that Stripe floats on the stock market?
Brothers John and Patrick Collison, who co-founded payments group Stripe in Silicon Valley: are they set to go public this year? It’s January, so it’s time again to speculate about whether payments group Stripe – founded by the Irish brothers John and Patrick Collison – will go public this year. There’s been a number of articles on financial websites already this month betting that 2024 will be the year Stripe floats. A more compelling reason was published by Tech Crunch (another financial data and news website), which first surveyed a clutch of venture capitalists about which company would float in 2024 – the top pick was Stripe. Tech Crunch also noted figures compiled by Caplight (yet another financial data website), which revealed that “there has been an absolute flurry of buyers looking to get shares in the company in recent months”.
Source:The Irish Times
January 20, 2024 21:15 UTC
Tubridy's RTÉ Radio replacement confirmed
Tubridy's RTÉ Radio replacement confirmedOliver Callan will present a new morning programme Oliver Callan on RTÉ Radio 1, weekdays from 9am to 10am from Monday, January 29. The announcement was made this morning, Saturday on Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ Radio 1. Oliver is already familiar to listeners across the schedule as an award-winning impressionist, with hit show Callan’s Kicks that has been running on RTÉ Radio 1 since 2012. Peter Woods, Head of RTÉ Radio 1, said: "I'm delighted that Oliver Callan is joining RTÉ Radio 1 at nine o'clock. Oliver is an accomplished broadcaster, who already has a connection with the RTÉ Radio 1 audience.
Source:Irish Independent
January 20, 2024 20:44 UTC
Westmeath team named for league opener against Tyrone
Kelly Boyce Jordan, see here in action against Armagh last March, has been named in midfield by Westmeath managerWestmeath team named for league opener against TyroneWestmeath manager Frank Browne has announced his starting 15 ahead of tomorrow's Lidl Ireland National League Division 2 Round 1 clash away to Tyrone. Tomorrow's game takes place in Naomh Eoghan GAA, Newtownstewart (throw-in 2pm). With Ciara Blundell stepping away from the panel for this season, goalkeeper Lauren McCormack of Mullingar Shamrocks has been chosen as the team captain. In addition to Blundell, Westmeath will also be without the services of Garrycastle's Aoife Connolly, who is abroad. Another talented forward, Sarah Dillon is out at present with a shoulder injury.
Source:Irish Independent
January 20, 2024 18:05 UTC
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End of the long Meta goodbye for Sheryl Sandberg. Is Washington next?
Sheryl Sandberg, who stepped down as chief operating officer of Facebook-owner Meta in 2022, has now announced she will also depart the company’s board of directors after her term ends in May. Sandberg (54) is a billionaire who did a 14-year stint as chief operating officer and has served on the board for 12 of those. When she left her executive role, she said it was because she wanted to “make more room to do more philanthropically, to do more with my foundation”. [ Sheryl Sandberg to stand down from Meta’s board of directors ][ Karlin Lillington: Sheryl Sandberg honed a toxic income model that brought staggering wealth to Facebook ]But she doesn’t seem the type to sit back. Even before she stepped back, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had started to take on more of that public role and, with it, more of the flak.
Source:The Irish Times
January 20, 2024 18:04 UTC
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Breakdown: A modern cautionary tale about the costs of limiting our options to suffocating roleplay
Breakdown Author : Cathy Sweeney ISBN-13 : 978-1474618519 Publisher : W&N Guideline Price : £18.99The opening pages of Cathy Sweeney’s debut novel are among the most arresting I have ever read. Drive to work…” and on and on it goes until the day finally ends with: “Finish bottle of wine. READ MOREBreakdown is Sweeney’s debut novel, following the publication of an acclaimed collection of short stories, Modern Times, in 2020. The breakdown of the title refers not only to the woman’s personal breakdown but to the breakdown of society, climate, civilisation that the woman sees around her, which adds a nihilistic undertone. Breakdown is a striking debut from a highly original writer, and a thoroughly modern cautionary tale about the costs of limiting our options, and ourselves, to suffocating roleplay.
Source:The Irish Times
January 20, 2024 16:59 UTC
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From the Sargasso Sea to Lough Furnace, our eels face an increasingly perilous pilgrimage
A narrow neck of land separates Lough Feeagh from Lough Furnace in Burrishoole, just north of Newport, Co Mayo. That morning, spurred by an overwhelming genetic instinct to reproduce, she was leaving Mayo to swim thousands of miles away to the Sargasso Sea, where she’d face her inevitable fate: to create new life, then die. If a scientist catches an eel at sea, is it possible to know whether it has already been in freshwater or not? They enter estuaries in November, and once the temperature reaches 10 degrees they swim into freshwater rivers and lakes as “elvers”. [ Michael Viney: Final proof of Irish eels’ long Sargasso swim ]Understandably, scientists still don’t fully understand what eels are up to in the Atlantic.
Source:The Irish Times
January 20, 2024 16:55 UTC
Advice for motorists on driving during Orange Weather Warning
There will be very strong southwest to west winds with severe and damaging gusts. Road users in areas affected by the Orange Warning are advised to check local traffic and weather conditions before setting out on a journey. The following advice is being given to road users on foot of the weather warnings. Motorists:*Drivers need to slow down and allow a greater braking distance between themselves and the vehicle in front in wet weather conditions. Drive with dipped headlights at all times to ensure that you are visible and that you can see other road users.
Source:Irish Independent
January 20, 2024 14:42 UTC
This week: 'It’s a masterpiece, is what it is. Outstanding'
This week: 'It’s a masterpiece, is what it is. Outstanding'This week there’s a mixture of short stories, novels and a novella. We’re not told why her father moved himself and Maja to Austria after her mother’s death, when Maja was still very young. A young autistic boy knows almost everything there is to know about Jupiter but can’t understand the people around him. This is a short novel, not a sprawl, and yet there’s a vastness to it that’s uncanny.
Source:Irish Independent
January 20, 2024 14:17 UTC
Prince Harry drops libel case against Daily Mail after damaging pretrial ruling
Advertisement Prince Harry drops libel case against Daily Mail after damaging pretrial ruling Share Copy Link CopyPrince Harry dropped his libel lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid following a punishing ruling in which a judge suggested he might lose at trial.Lawyers for the Duke of Sussex notified the High Court in London that he would not continue the suit against Associated Newspapers Ltd., one of several cases he had pending in his high-profile battle with the British press.No reason was given, but it came the day he was due to hand over documents in the case and after a punishing ruling last month in which a judge ordered Harry to pay the publisher nearly 50,000 pounds (more than $60,000) in legal fees after he failed to achieve victory without going to trial.The action will leave him on the hook to pay the publisher's legal fees, which the Daily Mail reported to be 250,000 pounds ($316,000). That case against Associated and another against the publisher of The Sun are headed for trial.In the sole case that has gone to trial, Harry scored a big victory last month against the publishers of the Daily Mirror when a judge ruled that phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers, and executives at the papers covered it up. He was awarded 140,000 pounds ($177,000).The libel case involved a Mail on Sunday article that said Harry tried to hide his efforts to retain publicly funded protection in the United Kingdom after walking away from his role as a working member of the royal family.Harry's lawyers claimed the article attacked his honesty and integrity by purporting to reveal that court documents “contradicted public statements he had previously made about his willingness to pay for police protection for himself and his family" while in the U.K. He claims that hostility toward him and his wife on social media and relentless hounding by the news media threaten their safety. He cited media intrusion for his decision to leave life as a senior royal and move to the United StatesHarry's spokesperson said his focus remains on that case and his family's safety.
Source:Daily Mail
January 20, 2024 13:51 UTC
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Source:The Herald
January 20, 2024 11:16 UTC
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Google begins High Court case against Irish data regulator
According to Google, the court action is a procedural step to assess compliance with the law in the investigation. Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty ImagesGoogle has started a High Court case against Irish data regulator Helen Dixon over a new privacy investigation into the company, taking the unusual step of initiating a legal challenge before any determination is made in the case. Ms Dixon, who is due to leave her role as Data Protection Commissioner in February, has sweeping powers under the EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) to supervise the pan-European operations of tech giants such as Google which has its European headquarters in Ireland. The Google case stands apart by seeking a court judgment on an investigation before the regulator hands down any ruling. However, the High Court case Google initiated on Thursday is not linked to such investigations.
Source:The Irish Times
January 20, 2024 11:07 UTC
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Source:The Herald
January 20, 2024 10:15 UTC
Travellers 'Looking for Change' event in Athlone
Pictured at the 'Looking for Change' event in Athlone are from left tor right, Denise Collins Minceirs Whiden Director, Maureen Ward Minceirs Whiden Interim Co-Ordinator, who is based in Athlone and lives in Tullamore, John Boyle Minceirs Whiden National Development Worker, Martin Ward Minceirs Whiden Director and John Paul Collins Minceirs Whiden ChairpersonTravellers 'Looking for Change' event in AthloneDelegates from across the country attended an event in Athlone recently aimed at promoting political awareness in the Traveller community and encouraging more Irish Travellers to stand for election. Organised by Minceirs Whiden, an all-Ireland forum for Travellers, the ‘Looking for Change’ event took place on January 18 in the Creggan Court Hotel in Athlone. Among the participants on the panel were John Boyle, Latisha McCrudden, Martin Ward and James Stokes.Minceirs Whiden means Travellers Talking in the Cant language. Speaking after the event, Maureen Ward, the Interim-Coordinator for Minceirs Whiden, the Athlone-based organisation said: “Many of the key issues facing Irish Travellers today are exacerbated by under-representation of Travellers in Irish politics. Minceirs Whiden is based in the ACT Centre, Parnell Square, Athlone.
Source:Irish Independent
January 20, 2024 10:05 UTC
Storm Isha: See full list of flood warnings in England
The Met Office has issued amber weather warnings for wind for northern and western England, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland from Sunday (January 21) into Monday (January 22). A band of cloud and rain sweeping across the same areas will mean only south-east England is guaranteed prolonged dry spells today (January 20). Map of flood warnings in England as Storm Isha to bring heavy rainDuring a wet and windy weekend across northern England, the heaviest downpours are expected during Sunday as 30-50mm could fall in many places and there is potential for peaks of 80-100mm over hills. Heavy rain could also lead to flooding and transport disruption on Sunday in Scotland, Wales and north-west England. There are currently eight flood warnings in place (at the time of publication), according to the Environment Agency.
Source:The Herald
January 20, 2024 07:48 UTC