Emma Hickey

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Emma Hickey |Niall O'Connor |Eoghan Dalton

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day. 1. #GRACE CASE: The final report into the ‘Grace’ case inquiry, published after a six year delay, finds the commission is not satisfied that there is evidence of physical, emotional or sexual abuse. 2. #KILLYBEGS: A 57-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of Eddie Friel in Killybegs on Sunday. 3.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Emma Hickey |Gavin Cooney

NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news. “Outstanding”, “incredible” and “epic” – fellow golfers and political leaders across Ireland have rushed to hail Rory McIlroy following his play-off victory in the Masters last night. The emerging preferred route for Luas Cork has been launched today by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and is open to public consultation for the next eight weeks.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Emma Hickey |Gavin Cooney

TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED palpably over the last number of days, following glorious sunshine across the island, but they’re about to drop further. Met Éireann is forecasting tomorrow to be dry for most of the day, with sunny spells and well scattered showers. However, it will stay cloudy across Leinster and east Ulster. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees are expected, with light to moderate winds.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Emma Hickey |Gavin Cooney

SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY Meta has said that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models. The company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, as well as popular messaging app WhatsApp, said it would train its AI systems using public posts and comments shared by adult users in the EU. “People’s interactions with Meta AI — like questions and queries — will also be used to train and improve our models,” the company said in a blog post.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Emma Hickey |Gavin Cooney

FORMER TÁNAISTE SIMON Coveney has been appointed as a consultant to EY Ireland’s geopolitical strategy unit. EY Ireland is a professional services organisation that operates globally. It provides tax, audit, transaction, assurance, and advisory services. In its announcing of Coveney’s joining as a consultant, the company said that it was “very pleased” to have him on board “at a time when elevated levels of political risk are creating both challenges and opportunities for our clients”.