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Meta Probed by Irish Media Watchdog Over Instagram, Facebook Feeds

Meta Platforms Inc. is under investigation by Ireland’s media watchdog over concerns it’s preventing users from exercising their right to choose what shows up in their feed on Instagram and Facebook.

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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ECB’s Makhlouf Says Upside Risks to Inflation Have Intensified

European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said yesterday’s initial assessment of the euro-area economy’s health, combined with weaker consumer and business confidence, suggests “near-term headwinds” to growth.

Gabriel Makhlouf, governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The International Monetary Fund downgraded its growth projection for the year after the war in the Middle East triggered a major oil shock and included the possibility of a downturn if the conflict drags on and energy infrastructure is severally damaged.
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Irish Government Cuts Fuel Prices as Protests Cleared

Ireland’s government announced a support package to ease the burden of rising fuel costs after public anger sparked a wave of protests and blockades across the country in the past week.

Protesters listen to speeches on O'Connell Street in Dublin on the sixth day of a National Fuel Protest against rising fuel prices, April 12.
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