Elon Musk takeover costs Twitter €12.7m in Irish redundancy costs
Company also faces potential €9.2m bill for office space that it is no longer using, accounts state
Sinead McSweeney
Top Irish Twitter executive settles action against social media giant
Sinead McSweeney challenged company’s contention that she had resigned by not replying to a generic email after she was subsequently locked out
Why is Elon Musk – skittish, visionary renegade – buying Twitter?
Influential though it may be in political and media circles, it doesn’t make any money
Musk’s rapid takeover prompts unease at Twitter’s Irish outpost
Most staff likely to sit tight due to the way their remuneration package is structured
Twitter staff have an ‘acute consciousness’ of its role on gender-based harassment
Social media can be force ‘for bad as well as for good’, says managing director
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Twitter in Dublin records 2019 pretax loss of €239.6m after IP deal
Company ‘has performed in line with expectations’
Kennedy Summer School to be postponed until next year
Covid-19 continues to impact tourism as Mother Jones Festival in Cork also deferred
‘Pure joy’: The day Ireland said yes to marriage equality
On the fifth anniversary of the referendum, some of the activists involved revisit that time
New resource encouraging positive use of tech targets teenagers
Safer Internet Day sees launch of free digital media literacy resource
Noel Whelan ‘was a force in the world who never wasted a day,’ funeral Mass hears
Barrister and commentator driven by ‘passion for democracy and fair, equal society’
Noel Whelan obituary: Political campaigner, barrister, newspaper columnist and pundit
Remarkable man combined range of successful careers in relatively short life
Head of Twitter’s Ireland operation says many journalists are cynical
Irony of a social media boss finding fault with journalists for being sceptical is telling
‘You need that ability to bounce back from knockbacks’
As managing director of Twitter Ireland, Sinead McSweeney uses regular sessions with an executive coach
Outspoken Catholic women absent from ‘Voices of impact’ forum
Norah Casey defends choice of speakers at World Meeting of Families’ ‘fringe event’
First ever women’s symposium at World Meeting of Families
Archbishop says event will ‘spotlight the role of women within the family alongside their role as change agents’
New Garda chief’s father was killed in an IRA car bombing almost 30 years ago
Drew Harris profile: ‘One of the most decent human beings I worked with in the North’
Beekeeping, ballet and bridges: The benefits of hobbies for busy people
Paul Howard collects drones - the stinging type. State Pathologist Marie Cassidy dances. And Twitter MD Sinead McSweeney is a dab hand at crocheting baby blankets
Arytza stock plunges, Macquarie plans expansion and Smurfit makes €460m move
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Sinéad McSweeney: Taking Twitter through the tough times
Interview: The Twitter Ireland MD on trolls, fake accounts and referendum advertising
Facebook will not extend ban to all ads relating to referendum
Social media giant will not follow Google’s lead with wider ban; Twitter says it has not seen any attempts to manipulate platform for purposes of referendum
Twitter Irish chief says no evidence of concerted spam around referendum
Social media platform does not have dedicated reporting system for bot accounts
Twitter in clover for St Patrick’s Day? Thankfully, no
Emoji says Top O’The Mornin’ in nine languages with nary a St Patty in sight
Twitter Ireland boss warns against outdated career advice
Sinéad McSweeney defends millennials and says mental health and wellbeing are priority
Twitter attacked for failing to remove threats and racist abuse
House of Commons committee cites violent threats against MPs on social media service
'Marriage was a licence for sex': Ireland and women in 100 quotes
The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland
Twitter plans new crackdown to root out abusive trolls
Measures designed to identify accounts that break rules, then impose a ‘Twitter time out’
Twitter appoints Sinéad McSweeney as new Irish head
Ex-VP of policy for Europe ‘exemplifies’ Twitter’s culture and leadership, says executive
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