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May 12, 2024 | 
rte.ie | Enda Wyley |Conor Linehan
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Conor Linehan |Fergus Devine |Colm Booth
Following the amendments to the 2015 Act made in 2021, the
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications must
publish an updated climate action plan annually. The Climate Action
Plan 2024 (CAP24) was approved by Government in
December 2023 and is the third update to the Climate Action Plan
2019 to Tackle Climate Breakdown, Ireland's first climate
action plan.
The electricity sector, as a significant source of GHG emissions
in Ireland, is a critical focus area of CAP24.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Conor Linehan
The case involved the experiences of two couples who owned
houses located near two wind turbines in Ballyduff, Enniscorthy,
Co. Wexford.
The turbines were built on foot of planning permission which was
granted in 2004. The plaintiffs alleged nuisance in the form of
noise and vibration generated by one of the nearby wind turbines,
as well as shadow flicker.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
longbrief.com | John Twomey |Tamas Arki |Conor Linehan |Gillian Murphy
Visitors to a Ukrainian news website on the evening of February 18 2022, were greeted by a familiar sight, a video of their president giving a speech. While the resemblance was there, the face seemed slightly out of sync with the head of the Ukrainian president. In the video, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the war was over, a fact that the majority of Ukrainian people knew was false. It was a deepfake video.
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Oct 29, 2023 | 
techxplore.com | John Twomey |Conor Linehan |Gillian Murphy
Visitors to a Ukrainian news website on the evening of February 18 2022, were greeted by a familiar sight, a video of their president giving a speech. While the resemblance was there, the face seemed slightly out of sync with the head of the Ukrainian president. In the video, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the war was over, a fact that the majority of Ukrainian people knew was false. It was a deepfake video.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | John Twomey |Conor Linehan |Gillian Murphy
Visitors to a Ukrainian news website on the evening of February 18 2022, were greeted by a familiar sight, a video of their president giving a speech. While the resemblance was there, the face seemed slightly out of sync with the head of the Ukrainian president. In the video, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the war was over, a fact that the majority of Ukrainian people knew was false. It was a deepfake video.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
rte.ie | John Twomey |Conor Linehan |Gillian Murphy |You've Never Heard
Analysis: fear of deepfakes undermined trust to the point where people lost trust in any footage coming from the Russia-Ukraine conflictBy John Twomey, Conor Linehan and Gillian Murphy, UCCDeepfakes are artificially manipulated and generated using AI-powered video editing technology that allows the user to change the face of people who appear in a video, or to change the words that people in a video are saying.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Conor Linehan
On Friday, 15 September 2023, An Bord Pleanála
(Board) refused permission for the development of a liquified
natural gas (LNG) terminal and power station proposed for Tarbert
on the Shannon Estuary.
The Board's decision on the project has been awaited with
interest. This is because of the scale of the project, contentions
over its role in the national energy security debate, and (in the
context of climate policy) the project's association with
natural gas, a fossil fuel.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Conor Linehan
In July 2023, the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority
(MARA) was established.
The new agency has consenting and enforcement functions in the
maritime area, as set out in the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. Notably, MARA has assumed responsibility for the assessment of
Maritime Area Consent (MAC) applications.
Securing a MAC is the first step in the new offshore planning
regime. This is a prerequisite for an application to An Bord
Pleanála to grant planning permission for an offshore
development.
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Jul 6, 2023 | 
journals.plos.org | Gillian Murphy |John Twomey |Conor Linehan |Didier Ching
4.2 Qualitative analysisOur intention was to understand, describe and discuss our participants’ thoughts about the use of deepfakes in films, given all they had learned about deepfakes through participating in the study. Data describes our participants’ excitement and imagination, as well as their fears and concerns.
