Oscars night 2021: No Zoom, no Ferrero Rocher, and less than 864 TikToks long
Steven Soderbergh has been asked to shake up the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday
Irish Central owner acquires Canadian tech start-up in €4.77m deal
US-Irish media group led by Liam Lynch also has a stake in the Business Post Media Group
Ireland’s plans for a no-deal Brexit - the highlights
Plans under way to buy land and employ more staff for no-deal
Ireland cannot be complacent about its edge
Have we really challenged ourselves to think clearly about our uniqueness? Do we understand how to ensure our continued success on a world stage?
Spike in prison inmate deaths last year with 22 fatalities
Expert calls for inquiry into rate of self harm and suicide in prisons across island of Ireland
Three-quarters of inmates in North have a mental health or addiction issue
Stormont Justice Minister orders review of support services for vulnerable prisoners
A third of prisoners who died in last 10 years were on release
‘If you have been in prison for a long time, your tolerance for drugs is probably a lot lower’
Society is measured in part by how it treats its prisoners
A better understanding of rehabilitation is required if the public is to be protected
Hacked Yahoo data is for sale on the dark web
Three buyers have each paid $300,000 for the information, says cybersecurity firm chief
Dozens of Irish prisoners held in solitary confinement
Of 51 inmates in solitary last January, nine had spent more than a year in isolation
Cured: The Tale Of Two Imaginary Boys review – no inside story here
Former member Lol Tolhurst’s account soars when talking about the Cure’s early days
Suicide deaths in North hit 318 – the highest on record
Figures obtained by Detail Data show of suicide fatalities registered, 245 were male
Most IT companies unsure of data regulations, survey shows
‘People are confused’ as negotiations surrounding Privacy Shield agreement continue
Digital data deal with US must prioritise vulnerable citizens
European Parliament to vote on Privacy Shield agreement
There isn’t a single app on my tablet or phone that I don’t resent or mistrust
Annoying and sneaky apps deliberately lie to you
Benefacts site brings financial transparency to 18,600 groups
Free-to-access website on civil society bodies aims to provide one-stop-shop for core data
Big Data: Don’t put the chart before the horse
Before jumping into data science, business executives need to work out what they’re trying to accomplish with big data, and data scientists need to think more like business execs
Insights into the trails we leave in the digital world
Book review: Big Data In Practice by Bernard Marr
Paramilitaries active on large scale in North, study shows
Republican and loyalist gangs killed 22 and forced almost 4,000 from home since 2006
European Court of Justice is human rights Rottweiler
ECJ has gone from being almost invisible to giving the US government a good, hard shake
Microsoft sues US government over customer privacy
Authorities allowed to look at emails without a person’s knowledge
FBI tried to beat encryption more than ten years ago
Newly-available documents show recent iPhone battle not US authorities’ first such effort
European Parliament passes tougher data protection laws
Rules aimed at streamlining legislation between member states
Journalist gets two years in prison in LA Times hacking case
Former Reuters editor convicted of helping Anonymous to log on to Times sites
EU watchdogs unhappy with transatlantic data transfer pact
European Commission urged not to ratify successor to Safe Harbour without changes
White House declines to support encryption legislation
Law would allow US judges to force tech companies to help police to access protected data
Property prices up 8% in year to end of February
Residential prices in Dublin decreased by 0.1 last month, but 4% higher over the year
Rents higher than at peak in boom with 9.8% rise nationally
Dublin rents last year up 9.5% for houses and 8.7% for apartments
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil go local to work together
The parties share power on councils but national politics is a more complex context
And the Oscar goes to . . . Ireland
This year Ireland received a record number of nominations for the Oscars. Irish Times Data examines Ireland’s association with the world’s most famous statuette
Election 2016 poll of polls: hung Dáil looms
Long-term indicators show positive trend for Fianna Fáil as election approaches
New car sales up 34% as Hyundai topples VW from top spot
Volkswagen slips to fourth place as Korean brand Hyundai becomes the best-selling brand
Dublin Bus: only a fifth of refund receipts cashed in
Figures show claims rose during recession but have dropped steadily since 2012
Bill Gates amongst 62 that own the same amount as half the world’s population
Oxfam estimates that the richest 1% of the world’s 7.3 billion people now own as much as the rest of the world put together
Volkswagen’s market share falls for first time since 2007
Emissions scandal put off European buyers towards end of 2015
New car sales rose by almost a third in 2015
CSO data reveals 121,110 registrations in 2015, up on 92,361 for previous year
Garda numbers decline despite resumption of recruitment
Representative association brands figures ‘perturbing and disheartening’
Daniel and Emily most popular infant names in 2015
Passport office indicates 133,323 travel papers issued to children under three in 2015
House prices soaring outside Dublin, but slowing in capital
National average shows 8.5% increase in prices, but Dublin average is just 2.7%
Almost half of all prisoners reoffend within three years
CSO says true figure may be higher as not all offences recorded on Garda Pulse computer system
Manchester clinic accounts for 30% of Irish abortions
Women from Ireland had 25,000 abortions in England, Wales between 2010 and 2014
Nearly 25,000 Irish women went to Britain for abortions in 2010-2014
Belfast-based journalism project Detail Data reveals results of investigation
Quiz: How well do you know Ireland?
Study finds many nations are out of touch with key issues of their home countries
Ireland’s self-awareness hits high note in global survey
Solid knowledge of fundamental facts revealed as Ireland trails only South Korea
Third of Invest NI’s money goes to three recipients, survey finds
Third of available money went to QUB, UU and film sector, Detail Data finds
Numbers Game: Change brings difficulties to player analysis
Due to rule changes in soccer it can be difficult to compare player performances
Irish Times poll: Fine Gael on course to be biggest party
Labour decline means Coalition faces uphill battle to secure second term
Government ‘not compliant’ in sharing citizen data - TD
Catherine Murphy tabled questions to Ministers over ruling from EU Court of Justice
Researchers may get health data under Patient Safety Bill
Draft law envisages role for Data Protection Commissioner in clearing research projects
Boko Haram kills more in 2014 than Islamic State
Nigeria suicide bombs continue apace despite president’s claims of victories over jihadists
Tenants seeking rentals: the realities of flat-hunting in Dublin
Accommodation hunters say prices are high, quality is low and flats are small
One-day rent survey finds no two-bed Dublin properties below €900
Unaffordable rents are now number one issue for St Vincent de Paul’s clients
Take three: solutions to the rental crisis
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10 reasons Irish rents are so high
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