NAMA’s closure marked the end of a 17-year mission to clean up toxic assets from the financial crisis, but the exit came with a hefty price tag: nearly eight million euros in severance for 54 employees, averaging 147,000 euros each. Over four million euros went to voluntary redundancy payments for 47 staff, plus another 1.5 million euros for garden leave salaries and over a million euros in retention bonuses. Originally budgeted at 12.4 million euros, the final bill reflects staggered payouts extending into 2027. While NAMA handed over 50 million euros to NTMA and hundreds of millions in property to the Land Development Agency, its legacy lives on — seven former staff now join NTMA’s Resolution Unit to finalize the sale of remaining assets, closing a chapter that began amid economic turmoil.

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In January 1972, a daring IRA escape from the HMS Maidstone prison ship stunned authorities: prisoners greased themselves with butter, swam 270 meters through freezing Belfast Lough, hijacked a bus, and vanished across the border. A masterstroke of audacity and ingenuity, it became a symbol of resistance against controversial internment policies and remains a legendary tale of courage, resilience, and the human will to defy impossible odds.

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A new report reveals social media giants failed to act on 72 out of 85 reported election disinformation cases, including AI deepfakes and spoiled ballot schemes — with Facebook and LinkedIn ignoring every single one. Platforms like YouTube only removed content if explicitly labeled “AI-generated,” missing the broader threat. Researchers found platform teams often didn’t understand the election context or justify their moderation decisions, while Google and Meta blocked access to political ads needed for analysis. Though illegal content was addressed, policies were rushed post-election, exposing a dangerous gap in how these companies safeguard democratic discourse online.

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