Dublin riots
Meta and TikTok explain response to Dublin riots and misinformation
Social media company X was criticised by Oireachtas committee members for not appearing before them on Wednesday.
By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA
Dublin riots ‘should have been met with unified response in Dail’
Sinn Fein’s motion of no confidence in Helen McEntee on Tuesday is set to be countered by a motion of confidence tabled by the Government.
By David Young, PA
Justice minister seeks meeting with social media company after Dublin riots
Helen McEntee said that X’s decision not to take some posts down ‘added to and I think fuelled some of what happened’ last week.
By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA
‘I’m not going to resign’ – Garda commissioner Drew Harris defiant after hours of grilling over Dublin riots
Drew Harris said that while the riot was ‘uncontrollable’, he denied that the city was ‘out of control’.
By Cillian Sherlock and Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA
Garda Commissioner says no failure in response to ‘unprecedented’ Dublin riots
Drew Harris said that some people involved in the Dublin riots were ‘a danger to society’.
By Cillian Sherlock and Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA