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Full coverage: Elon Musk

Musk has thrust Starlink into controversy in Europe. Much of its business flows through Dublin

While the truculent billionaire sparred with Poland over how Starlink’s satellites are funded in Ukraine, the company has tripled revenues for Europe, all booked through Ireland.

Jonathan Keane
11th Mar, 2025 - 4 min read

Layoffs bite as confusion reigns over €160m in USAID funding for Irish overseas aid charities

Some field staff employed by Goal, Concern, Trócaire, and Self Help Africa are paid with funding from the American agency targeted by Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Thomas Hubert
14th Feb, 2025 - 4 min read

X is facing multiple new European legal actions. They are converging on Ireland

Frustrated by the slow pace of investigations in Brussels, critics of Elon Musk’s social network and its influence on politics are targeting X’s Dublin office through their national authorities.

Thomas Hubert
10th Feb, 2025 - 3 min read

The intermingling of politics, business and internet culture has gone hand-in-hand with the trollification of political discourse

The far-right’s leading position in Austria illustrates the global trend also emerging in Germany and could shed light on possible European futures.

Fergal Lenehan
18th Jan, 2025 - 7 min read

Musk, Starmer and the harbingers of a new world order

Elon Musk's repeated attacks on the UK government and President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he would buy Greenland give an insight into what can be expected from the incoming US administration.

Michael Cogley
11th Jan, 2025 - 7 min read

Germany or Ireland? Non-profit navigating where exactly it can sue X

A German non-profit attempted to seek evidence from Twitter’s Irish entity in a US court to use in a German legal action. To date, the organisation has faced multiple knockbacks from judges.

Jonathan Keane
19th Dec, 2024 - 2 min read

Michael Cogley: Musk, Farage, and the dangers of foreign donations

Keir Starmer has long been a target of attacks from Elon Musk and now he is reportedly considering a donation to Nigel Farage's Reform party. It should act as a timely reminder of the importance of strong rules against international interference.

Michael Cogley
7th Dec, 2024 - 5 min read

Autocracy, vanity, misogony and conspiracy theories: The X-rated formula that Elon Musk inflicted on Twitter’s business

When Twitter was launched, it published whatever its members wanted. But what was acceptable for a medium in the making no longer works for a $44 billion global business, as its owner Elon Musk has found out through the alienation of its advertisers and much of its audience.

Willie O'Reilly
10th Oct, 2024 - 4 min read

German ruling in social media case turns more attention to Ireland

A judge in Berlin told two organisations that their complaints against X should be taken in Ireland, setting the stage for more disputes for Elon Musk’s platform in Irish courts.

Jonathan Keane
22nd Aug, 2024 - 3 min read

Elon Musk’s Starlink entered Ireland in 2021. And the business is growing swiftly

The high-speed satellite broadband business, set up by Musk’s SpaceX company, entered the Irish market three years ago but only just filed accounts for 2022.

Jonathan Keane
21st Aug, 2024 - 2 min read
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