Crypto giant Coinbase fined in Ireland for rule breaches
Ireland’s central bank imposed a fine of 21.5 million euros ($24.7 million) Thursday on crypto giant Coinbase over transaction monitoring failures, including some potentially linked to criminal activities. The Central Bank of Ireland said in a statement that it had fined the firm “for breaching its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing transaction monitoring obligations between […]
Donald Trump defends golf trip amid rape trial: ‘We’re doing very well in New York’
Former US president Donald Trump has told that he flew to his golf course in Ireland instead of attending his civil rape trial in New York because of a “long-standing agreement” to visit. He spoke briefly after arriving at his golf course outside the town of Doonbeg in Co Clare, on Ireland’s west coast. When […]
Joe Biden brings his emotional tour of Ireland to a close with a speech in his ancestral home
President Joe Biden has said “it feels like coming home” in his final address on his tour of Ireland as he spoke in his ancestral home of Ballina, Co Mayo. He was introduced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and stepped out on stage at St Muredach’s Cathedral to Shipping Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys. Addressing […]
Homemade bombs found in Ireland ahead of Biden’s visit
The Police of Northern Ireland (PSNI) reported that four devices, which it described as viable pipe bombs (homemade bombs), were recovered in Creggan, Derry, this Tuesday before the visit of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, to Ireland. “Police can confirm that four artifacts recovered within the Creggan Town Cemetery grounds yesterday, Tuesday […]