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NUIG leading international programme tackling fake news about migration

Briain Kelly - April 27, 2021 0

NUI Galway is partnering with the International Organisation for Migration and Irish Aid to challenge fake news around migration. The new Global Migration Media Academy...

Selfies, fake news and pandemics as gaeilge – First major English-Irish dictionary published in 61 years

Michael Malone - October 30, 2020 0

In an online event at 1.00 pm today, President Michael D. Higgins will officially launch the new Concise English-Irish Dictionary, featuring over 30,000 new...

US legislator to attend International ‘Fake News’ committee

Michael Malone - August 16, 2019 0

Galway West TD Hildegarde Naughton has welcomed confirmation that influential US legislator David N. Cicilline will attend the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and...

Fianna Fáil TD plans to rid the internet of fake news political accounts

Michael Malone - December 6, 2017 0

A Fianna Fáil TD has introduced a new Bill in the Dáil which aims to tackle fake news accounts on social media platforms. The Bill...

Don’t fall for fake Coronavirus rumours, says Government

Michael Malone - March 16, 2020 0

People are being urged to be very careful about where they receive information related to COVID-19, after a fake WhatsApp message circulated across the...

Week-long course in journalism for Transition Year students

Michael Malone - January 30, 2021 0

Transition Year students in Gaelscoileanna are being offered a unique insight to journalism in an online course with some of Ireland’s finest television, radio and...

New law to end anonymous online political advertising

Briain Kelly - November 11, 2019 0

The government is drafting new laws in order to regulate online political advertising in order to end anonymous interference in elections. The new law being...

‘Misogynistic’, ‘racist’ and creating ‘a culture of bigotry’ – Eyre Square protesters condemn Donald Trump

Paul Kelly - June 5, 2019 0

The rain did little to deter a gathering of protesters against US President Donald Trump in Eyre Square yesterday evening. A number of people gathered...

Damning report a “wake-up call” to social media firms

Briain Kelly - February 24, 2019 0

Galway West TD Hildegarde Naughton has said that a damning Westminster report into the spread of harmful content online should be "wake-up call" for...

NUI Galway startups secure €35 million investment in 2018

Briain Kelly - December 21, 2018 0

It's been a strong year for innovation as startup companies coming out of NUI Galway secured €35 million in investment in 2018. The 36 startup...

Galway TD working with EU Commissioner to regulate social media

Briain Kelly - December 15, 2018 0

Galway West TD Hildegarde Naughton will be working with the EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society to create Europe wide legislation governing social media. The...

Galway TD to represent Ireland at Westminster committee scrutinising social media

Briain Kelly - November 9, 2018 0

Galway West TD Hildegarde Naughton will serve as Ireland's representative to an International Grand Committee in Westminster looking at disinformation spread online. The Committee has...

Galway scientists to swap the lab for the pub next week

Michael Malone - May 7, 2018 0

Pint of Science Galway brings scientists out of the lab and in to your local. Scientists from NUI Galway will talk about a variety of...

Ros na Rún – Opinions divided on the slippery Cyril

Briain Kelly - March 23, 2024 0

Diana is foiling Cyril's schemes, Michelle uses her charm on Sonny, and John Joe finds his relationship all over the internet in Ros na...

How companies are fighting back against fraud

Angela Mc Bride - September 1, 2022 0

Ireland's Central Statistics Office reported in 2021 that fraud was up a staggering 71% on the year before, setting a new record in the...

Galway Pro-Choice condemns ‘horrifying’ breach of privacy

Kate Robinson - January 31, 2019 0

Breach of privacy Today Galway Pro-Choice took a stand against a Dublin anti-choice group after they contacted the mobile of a woman who had recently...

Calls for exclusion zone after anti-abortion protest at Galway clinic

Briain Kelly - January 4, 2019 0

Pro-choice activists have issued calls for a ban on protests outside medical practices offering abortion services after a protest outside a Galway clinic. Galway Pro-Choice...

Footballer declared “dead” by club to postpone game alive and kicking

Briain Kelly - November 29, 2018 0

The Spanish player whom Dublin club Ballyfrack FC declared dead in order to get a match postponed, Fernando Nuno La-Fuente, is alive and well...

Students left without homes as courses start

Kate Robinson - August 31, 2018 0

As the housing crisis worsens and another year passes with no more purpose-built affordable student housing, many students have been left without homes. They...