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Stabbing of Marius Mamaliga (19) by Brandon Gavin (22) was ‘planned and premeditaed’, jury hears

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon will conclude her charge to the seven men and five women of the jury today

Tue Nov 12 2024 - 10:37

Murder accused searched ‘prison sentence for murder in Ireland’ prior to fatal stabbing

Brandon Gavin (22), who has pleaded not guilty, also contacted a woman on Tinder 20 minutes before Marius Mamaliga (19) was killed

Fri Nov 08 2024 - 16:42

‘They’re trying to keep each other safe’: Inside the secret online dating groups where women review men

In the News podcast

Thu Apr 18 2024 - 06:15

Finally the flying cars are here. Well, almost

Planet Business: 44-year high for cocoa prices, Tinder’s new Matchmaker feature and Michael Cohen’s big week

Sat Oct 28 2023 - 06:15

Three-quarters of Irish data watchdog’s data privacy decisions since 2018 overruled – report

Meta, Google, Airbnb, Yahoo!, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and Tinder account for 87^% of cross-border GDPR complaints to Ireland’s DPC

Mon May 15 2023 - 11:25

Woman who met man on Tinder admits intentionally trying to cause him serious harm

Inita Romanovska (36) had been on dates but was not in relationship with Stephen O’Flaherty when she stabbed him in Limerick apartment

Fri Feb 24 2023 - 16:34

Irish woman loses €100,000 in ‘increasingly complex’ romance fraud

Gardaí say fraudsters changing modus operandi as they target victims, often older women, on dating apps or via social media

Mon Feb 13 2023 - 21:53

Tickets, please: world’s longest passenger train winds its way into record books

Planet Business: Tinder’s stellar quarter, Rishi Sunak’s new director of communications and a busy week for Chief Twit

Sat Nov 05 2022 - 06:15

Tinder founders go to court over bitter break-up with Barry Diller

Entrepreneurs allege they have been cheated out of billions of dollars

Mon Nov 01 2021 - 10:46

Notion Software selects Dublin for its EMEA headquarters

Workplace productivity platform developer to create an initial 25 jobs in the city

Thu Jul 22 2021 - 05:30

Sex offender allegedly breached bail by going on Tinder

Ian Horgan (37) allegedly registered on dating app using a fake name, court hears

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 15:09

Jail for man who had sex with boy (16) he met on Tinder

Shane Chubb (24), pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual intercourse with a child

Tue Feb 09 2021 - 13:52

Dating app Bumble preparing for IPO above $6 billion

Initial public offering could come early next year, sources say

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 16:34

Brexit takes a back seat as economy and housing dominate

Business Week: also in the news were the coronavirus, Ryanair and commercial property

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 16:00

Data commissioner starts investigations into Google and Tinder

Move follows consumer complaints over how search giant Google processes location data

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 11:58

TikTok used daily by at least 90,000 Irish people

Some 6 per cent of 15-plus population have the short video app

Wed Jan 15 2020 - 13:23

What’s the innovation of the decade? You decide

Innovations from smartphones to the cloud have changed countless aspects of life

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 06:10

Bumper crop of tech conferences for your consideration

From Tralee to Croke Park, summit season gets into full swing over the coming weeks

Thu Sept 26 2019 - 02:41

Dating apps move past their shaky start

Array of online dating tools includes one designed by an Irish software developer

Thu Aug 29 2019 - 05:16

Want to avoid ending up alone? ‘Find someone whose crap you can tolerate’

Brianna Parkins: I cringe for all who've suffered through Wonderwall just for the shift

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 06:00

Stock plunges, Tinder surges and water for ‘straight-edge punks’

Planet Business: Tense and thirsty times, for everybody except Match Group

Thu May 09 2019 - 05:27

Nevin victim says sex attack shattered dream of living in Ireland

Brazilian student describes Tinder date assault by ‘monster’ during sentencing hearing

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 13:29

Tinder trouble, Turkish crisis and the new man at the top of country music

Planet Business: Also this week, liveable cities and the ‘Reed Hastings rule’

Fri Aug 17 2018 - 05:39

Tinder founders sue over mismatch on valuation

Two co-founders and early employees claim they have been cheated out of stock options in hugely successful dating company

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 07:40

How many ‘likes’ will Facebook get for its new online dating business?

The social network has many advantages but the market is crowded

Wed May 09 2018 - 14:04

Denis’s executive jet, the man suing France and Facebook’s dating intentions

Planet Business: in May Day week, some people are ‘in the money’, others not so much

Fri May 04 2018 - 04:30

Sentencing of man for sex assault on Tinder date adjourned

Man was convicted of attacking woman on UCD campus in 2014

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 15:27

Web Summit in Lisbon set to attract more than 60,000

Carbon-neutral tech event will plant 95,000 pine trees to erase footprint

Thu Nov 02 2017 - 06:55

Tinder dates, unsafe sexting and stranger danger

Recent court cases and a growth in complaints show that online dating can be a dangerous game

Sat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00

Jury finds man not guilty of raping student he met on Tinder

Woman alleged man (36) drove her to Dublin mountains and raped her in the car

Fri Jun 02 2017 - 19:42

Tech swipes right for transgender community

Tinder’s decision to let users define their own gender identity has proved ‘hugely popular’

Fri Mar 10 2017 - 20:38

WeChat takes over China but can’t get over the Great Firewall

806 million people use smartphone multipurpose app but Beijing monitors content

Wed Oct 26 2016 - 12:45

Young tech entrepreneur Ankur Jain is seeking to solve the world’s biggest problems

Changing the stethoscope a suitable challenge

Mon Jun 13 2016 - 05:52

Man intercepted on way to have sex with boy (14), court told

Accused (29) allegedly sent sexual images via Snapchat to 14-year-old child

Thu May 12 2016 - 08:13