TikTok must be "100% sure" before requesting a meeting with Coveney after canceling two

s government regarding how the company stores user data from Europe and update them on the important role Ireland will play in this. Coveney's office offered a meeting on Sept. 7 at 5:30 p.m., which TikTok accepted. However, just four days later, the tech giant again said "unfortunately something has come up" and could the meeting be rescheduled for a week from September 18 in the evening? Well, replied Coveney's people, how about September 21 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.? Fine, replied IDA on behalf of TikTok, only to return shortly after to say that executives at the tech giant had canceled their trip to Ireland. The executives said they planned to come back in Q4 but were told not to request a meeting with Coveney until they were 100 percent sure that they''prime time viewers on RTÉ TV was 475,000. This year it will cost €8,000.

The station did not run commercials on Christmas Day until 2012, but has since introduced ad blocks during Fair City and Mrs Brown'\'\'s Boys' programs. This year there will be no more than four "short" commercial breaks between "key prime programs", with no more than two ads in each, RTÉ's commercial arm told potential advertisers. They see this as "an ideal opportunity for your brand or client to get in front of a large and highly sought-after audience [at a time] when their attention is fully focused." Or they're asleep.

The Ryanair dividend payout isn't so "stupid" anymore.

Colm Kelleher to share his knowledge of banking in''Loughborough Business School in Britain. Colm Kelleher of Cork, recently named "Europe's most influential banker" by the Financial Times, will lecture at Britain's Loughborough Business School. The UBS chairman has accepted the title of guest professor of banking and finance at the school. In a statement, Kelleher said: "I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with the students and faculty. Together we can contribute to the development and practice of banking and finance." And what knowledge and experience: Kelleher spent 30 years at Morgan Stanley and was its CFO from 2007 to 2009 during the financial crisis. Earlier this year, he led the €3 billion "emergency bailout" of Credit Suisse by its rival UBS. However, be careful, students.''Kelleher, known as an excellent storyteller with a ready supply of sophisticated scholarly references, was also described as "a disciplined man known for his way of blocking colleagues in meetings if they were late. "

What angle does the Supreme Court take on the history of the Barne estate? "

What angle is the Supreme Court taking on the history of the Barne estate, which is the subject of a lawsuit involving billionaire John Magnier and his family? They claim that the current owners of the 751-acre plot of land in Timperary intend to renege on an agreement to sell it for €15 million. The case is admitted to the Commercial Court with the consent of the defendants, including the Barne estate and Richard Thomson-Moore.

Photos of the Barne Estate s''An Irish sales brochure says the farm, 6km west of Clonmel, has been owned by the same family since the 17th century.