Jonathan Keane

Russian lessor GTLK is in a spat with Qatar Airways over access to sanctions documents - The Currency GTLK, the sanctioned Russian aircraft lessor registered in Ireland, is in a dispute with Qatar Airways in the English courts over disclosing certain information about the US sanctions against it. An I...

The latest chapter in the ever-evolving and neverending tale of the liquidation of Russia's GTLK.

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Project Oasis and a frustrated Middle East deal: SolarWinds’ WRC dispute - The Currency For almost 20 years, the multi-billion-dollar cybersecurity firm SolarWinds has operated out of Ireland, serving its international clients from Cork and Dublin with hundreds of employees. The US compa...

Project Oasis and a frustrated Middle East deal: SolarWinds’ WRC dispute

A former sales manager at the cybersecurity company’s Irish office, serving the Middle East market, contested his firing but failed in his claim that it was retaliation for whistleblowing.

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‘Is This Insider Information?’ The Prediction Market Bets Driving a Campus Frenzy Kalshi and Polymarket pour money into deals with social-media influencers and students, who try to parlay rumors into cash.

And still there are people out there that will try to tell you that Kalshi and Polymarket aren't gambling.

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An update here. Siam Aero, the respondent in this case, was sanctioned by the UK this week in its latest Russia package.

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“Fox in the henhouse”: Logix Aero’s bid to revive its $820k hacker case - The Currency When a hacker intercepts communications between a buyer and a seller and siphons off the proceeds, does one of the parties bear some responsibility? That is a question being hammered out in a London c...

“Fox in the henhouse”: Logix Aero’s bid to revive its $820k hacker case

Irish aircraft parts trader was duped out of $820,000 when a fraudster intercepted its email exchanges with a Thai dealer. In an appeal, it argues the Thai firm bears some responsibility.

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How DAA became entangled in a bitter row over a luxury terminal at a DC airport - The Currency Nearly 30 million people fly through Washington Dulles airport every year, on the doorstep of the US capital. Most of those flyers will enter and exit through its main terminal. But the operators of t...

How DAA became entangled in a bitter row over a luxury terminal at a DC airport

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Enhanced cooperation: Enrico Letta makes his case for a deeper unified EU market in Irish visit - The Currency Enrico Letta, one of the champions of the EU’s competitiveness bent, is floating a structure for making central supervisory authorities for financial services more palatable to Ireland. Talking points...

Enhanced cooperation: Enrico Letta makes his case for a deeper unified EU market in Irish visit

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Fraud, bribery and the 200 jobs that never were: The collapse of ASG’s Irish expansion - The Currency In May 2019, IDA Ireland held a dual event in Sligo and Waterford to cut the ribbons on two new offices and champion the arrival of the state agency’s latest FDI arrival in Ireland. Allstate Sales Gro...

Fraud, bribery and the 200 jobs that never were: The collapse of ASG’s Irish expansion

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Alex Gerko’s XTX Markets wants its case against Aviva back to square one - The Currency Alex Gerko, the Russian-born but British-based trader worth up to £12 billion (€13.8 billion), wants another swing at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Gerko’s firm, XTX Markets, took legal ac...

Alex Gerko’s XTX Markets wants its case against Aviva back to square one

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Doyle Shipping director is raising a $20m fund to back supply-chain start-ups - The Currency A director from Doyle Shipping Group is raising a $20 million (€16.8 million) venture capital fund to invest in early-stage supply chain start-ups. Freight Ventures is led by Max Doyle, a director at ...

Max Doyle of Cork's Doyle Shipping Group is raising a $20 million fund called Freight Ventures to invest in early-stage supply chain start-ups.

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Google’s global affairs boss wants Ireland’s EU presidency to push simplification - The Currency Google’s president of global affairs said that newer EU technology regulations “have lots of open questions” on how they are interpreted and that Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency should push the simpl...

Google’s global affairs boss wants Ireland’s EU presidency to push simplification

The tech giant's chief lobbyist, Kent Walker, was speaking in Dublin on EU tech regulation, Ireland’s role and “short-term pain for long-term gain” with artificial intelligence.

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Inside Euronews: How Europe’s broadcaster became an influence network | Euractiv Conceived as Europe’s answer to CNN, the EU-funded channel has become a platform for authoritarian regimes

A must-read on the state of Euronews.

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Things generally aren't going well if blue tick weirdos with bad Substacks are the ones jumping to your defence.

The Russia problem: Elsa Desmond deserves a straight answer about her Olympic heartbreak - The Currency Elsa Desmond should be walking out, decked in green, at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan alongside her teammates in Team Ireland. But she’s not. The Irish luger missed out on a pla...

The Russia problem: Elsa Desmond deserves a straight answer about her Olympic heartbreak

Allowances in sport for neutral athletes from Russia are opaque, undermining the enforcement of bans and sanctions and are making “political chess pieces” out of Irish athletes.
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Update: A subsidiary of Sheremetyevo, one of Russia's biggest airports, has bought this now infamous airport. Sheremetyevo is ultimately owned by Arkady Rotenberg, a Putin ally long under EU sanctions.

How the EU-India trade deal could spark a massive new market for aircraft lessors - The Currency The new trade deal struck between the EU and India could open the door to a long-coveted market for aircraft lessors. On Tuesday, the EU and India inked an expansive trade deal that includes slashing ...

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Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.

NEW we got more details about Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app that immigration agents have reportedly been using: www.wired.com/story/mobile...

Big bank-backed R3 cuts down its Irish office as it undergoes another “strategic shift” - The Currency R3, the blockchain company backed by several major banks, is downsizing its Irish office after undergoing another pivot. Newly filed accounts for the company’s Irish office show it reduced its headcou...

ICYMI earlier. Accounts filed in Ireland and the UK for R3, the big bank-backed firm behind the Corda blockchain, reveal that it cut swathes of jobs in both countries, sold off its digital currencies business and is again revamping its business model.

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Unmissables: Explosive Lies - Podcast | Global Player He said it could save lives. It didn’t. It couldn’t even find golf balls… Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using...

Devoured this podcast series today. Highly recommended.

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Spanish court points finger at Israel as it drops Pegasus spyware case again Judge shelves inquiry into use of Israeli-made software to target ministers’ phones citing chronic lack of cooperation

The "if I can't see them, they can't see me" playbook
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Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.

Say it loud for the people down the back. Lads in Meta Ray Bans are creeps.

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The seized Moscow airport linked to an Irish company is up for auction - The Currency A Moscow airport, whose ownership was linked to an Irish company, has been put up for auction by Russian authorities after it was seized last year. Domodedovo Airport, a transport hub for the city, wa...

The curious case of the Moscow airport, the Kremlin and an Irish company took a turn this week.

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Makes the pomp of last week's signing ceremony look a bit silly now, doesn't it?

ICYMI

"Epic real time brand destruction"

Telegram plays down user figures to avoid stricter EU rules, documents reveal The messaging service’s battle with European regulators could force it to hire thousands of content moderators to tackle illegal content. Documents obtained by Follow the Money show how Telegram is tr...

Telegram plays down user figures to avoid stricter EU rules, documents reveal

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Tomorrow: The first of two reports from women speaking out for the first time about having their images manipulated explicitly without their consent.

They've suffered years of trauma, panic attacks and unsolicited messages from men.

This is why the Grok issue matters.

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From Louth to Nuuk: The Irishman zeroing in on Greenland’s minerals - The Currency As Donald Trump sends quakes throughout the global order with his threats to take over Greenland, minerals exploration executives are watching with a keen eye. Trump has framed Greenland control as a ...

As Donald Trump threatens to seize Greenland, the territory's minerals and rare earths have been pushed into the spotlight with one Irish businessman linked to a company with a licence to explore for minerals there.

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Trump Wants Nations to Pay $1 Billion to Stay on His Peace Board The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion.

"The draft appears to suggest Trump himself would control the money"

Taking bets on who will be the first to sign up.

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Musk lashes O’Leary over Starlink claim but Grok backs Ryanair boss

The rivalry absolutely no one asked for.

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