1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (221+ words) The Irish Times Data centres and the LNG terminal Terminal comes despite the severe climate, environmental and public health impacts of LNG Sir, – Caroline O’Doherty warns that if 17 planned new data centres connect to the gas grid, the…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago   (558+ words) The Irish Times The Irish Times view on data centres: a storm is gathering If the Government parties wish to avoid a painful reckoning, a radical rethink is required Sometimes an issue rises so suddenly up the political agenda that…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (775+ words) It is something of a tautology to state that things only matter when they start to matter. Yet this is the case with the emerging data centre backlash in Ireland. As the public and political backlash against data centres grows…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (430+ words) The Irish Times Noisy data centres are far more than an annoyance Low-frequency sounds can disturb sleep and wellbeing, while interfering with the simple enjoyments of a home Sir, – The report on persistent noise from a data centre in…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (646+ words) Data centres are to get cut-price gas in return for accepting a possibility of disruption to their supply under a proposal from the energy regulator. The move comes as the regulator, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), warns data-centre…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (574+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency has begun an investigation after receiving complaints about noise levels coming from a data centre in Clondalkin, west Dublin. The EPA said it received the first complaint regarding noise at Echelon Data Centres’ DUB10 site on July…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (632+ words) It was back to school this week for French second-level students, but with a difference: a national ban on mobile phones. The ban in lycées, attended by students aged 15-18, means that phones are now banned throughout France’s preschool, primary and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (534+ words) Plans to set an EU-wide minimum age limit restricting under-13s from accessing social media are to be discussed at a special meeting being organised by the Government next month. Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan has written to his EU colleagues…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (257+ words) Sir, – Much has been written recently about the accountability of social media companies and the need to regulate their responsibilities around uploaded content. Certainly, there is a need to regulate content and persuade such companies to act quickly to remove…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (517+ words) Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users are returning in droves, according to new data from Qustodio. Some 26 per cent of children between the ages of 13 and 15 were…...