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Ireland Tests Digital ID to Verify Age of Social Media Users

The Irish government launched a test phase of its digital wallet Friday including an age verification capability to keep teenagers safer online.

Social media app icons for Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and Reddit are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. Major social media platforms blocked 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia in December as the country’s landmark social media ban for under-16s took effect.
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Ireland Tests Digital ID to Verify Age of Social Media Users

The Irish government launched a test phase of its digital wallet Friday including an age verification capability to keep teenagers safer online.

Social media app icons for Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and Reddit are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. Major social media platforms blocked 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia in December as the country’s landmark social media ban for under-16s took effect.
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Ireland’s Strong Economic Growth Tested by Iran War Fallout

The fallout from the Iran war is testing the resilience of Ireland’s economy, one of the strongest in Europe, as the Irish central bank expects soaring energy prices to slow domestic growth.

The city centre and the River Liffey is viewed across Dublin's skyline, in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. Ireland is suffering the worst economic collapse of any developed nation since the Great Depression, according to the Economic & Social Research Institute in Dublin. Photographer: Crispin Rodwell
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Ireland’s Harris Says Europe Must Accelerate Energy Independence

Ireland’s finance minister, Simon Harris, said there are risks of a surge in inflation from the spike in energy prices and the Iran conflict is a “sharp wake-up call” for Europe to become more energy independent.

Simon Harris during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, on March 16. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Ireland’s Harris Says Europe Must Accelerate Energy Independence

Ireland’s finance minister, Simon Harris, said there are risks of a surge in inflation from the spike in energy prices and the Iran conflict is a “sharp wake-up call” for Europe to become more energy independent.

Simon Harris during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, on March 16. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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