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Policing short-term lets to become a legal nightmare
Richard Cantillon
Airbnb and other letting platforms could face millions of euro in fines in Ireland under new rules, the headline said. Dont bet on it. The General Scheme of the Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill, ...[Continue Reading]
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Search eats internet: Googles AI overviews face EU scrutiny
Jacob Wulff Wold
The Commission is "assessing" Google's use of AI summaries at the top of its search results under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and EU copyright law, amid a broader structural clash over AI-aided int ...[Continue Reading]
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Portrush busily preparing to host another memorable Open
Freya McClements
At Royal PortrushGolf Club it is shaping up to be quite the summer. What am I looking forward to most about the Open? asks the incoming mens captain, Nigel Pollock. Handing the Claret jug to anot ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
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For Ireland, the choice between the US and China is easy
David McWilliams
Have you ever spent time in any Church of Ireland chapels around the country? Among other things, these isolated and now largely empty rural buildings are the resting place of a military culture that ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
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Malachy Clerkin: The Ulster Championship is awkward, parochial and still deeply essential
Malachy Clerkin
In Ballybofey a fortnight ago, the queue for grub in the Villa Rose was as dense as the burgers on the menu. And just as full of flavour. The street outside was lined with young lads with Donegal hai ...[Continue Reading]
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My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest: Patrick Freyne in Chads desert camps
Patrick Freyne
Imagine you had a good comfortable life and now you have to live this way looking for food and water, says 18-year-old Sudanese refugee Mayaz Osman Ababker, who wants to be a doctor. In the desert i ...[Continue Reading]
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