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Sep 6, 2024 | 
carrigdhoun.com | John Twomey
By John TwomeyIn January 1929 Dan O’Donoghue from Boulaling near Riverstick saw the first light of day and this formidable and enduring Ballymartle Hurler is still in fine fettle as he enjoys and relishes his 95th year in existence. VISITING A VIRTUOUS MANOn a pleasant August morning I drove past Heathburn Hall and to nearby Cullen to link up with my old friend and former distinguished Secretary of the South-East Board, Liam Webb.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
carrigdhoun.com | John Twomey
By John TwomeyOne hundred years ago, our Country was a new state just getting its administration and authority established, having endured the hardships and disruptions of strife and civil war in 1923. In these times our games and fixtures were victims of the uncertainty and dangers that were prevalent. 1923 INTERMEDIATE COUNTY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP;Eighteen teams entered the Intermediate Football Championship in 1923.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
carrigdhoun.com | John Twomey
By John TwomeyWidespread interest and debate has preoccupied the GAA fraternity and further afield on the proposition to rename Pairc Ui Chaoimh. A very lucrative sponsorship deal is in the pipeline with local Cork Supermarket Chain SUPER VALU. The man commemorated by this stadium, now among the finest in Europe, is Padraig O' Caoimh an iconic figure within the GAA locally and nationally.
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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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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.
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Apr 14, 2023 | 
express.co.uk | John Twomey
Francois Olwage was caught by his colleagues, who posed as the girl. After messaging her for two weeks, he was arrested as he bought an ice cream for her just before they were due to meet in Basingstoke. At the time Olwage, 52, a Met Police counterterrorism specialist, was meant to be working from home in Stevenage. He was found guilty of three charges including attempting to incite a girl aged 13 to engage in sexual activity.
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Jan 27, 2023 | 
express.co.uk | John Twomey
Mr Pleeth said one more person might become an interested party before the full hearing. The coroner also ruled the “management of Olivia’s alcohol consumption” would have to be considered within the scope of the full inquest. That will focus on three events in the run-up to Ms Perks’ death: the Royal Engineers visit; a trip to Normandy and the Falklands Ball on February 1, 2019. A “pen-portrait” of the cadet will also be established.
