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Northern Ireland set to criminalise creation of ‘deepfake’ sexual images

July 25, 2025 by

A PUBLIC consultation has been launched in Northern Ireland on deepfake pornographic images.Ju... … [Read more...] about Northern Ireland set to criminalise creation of ‘deepfake’ sexual images

‘Special’ stamps capture dramatic scenes from Druid Theatre performances

July 25, 2025 by

A SET of new stamps released this month mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Druid ... … [Read more...] about ‘Special’ stamps capture dramatic scenes from Druid Theatre performances

Investigation launched after masked men rob shop

July 25, 2025 by

POLICE have launched an investigation after masked men robbed a shop in Belfast.Two men targeted... … [Read more...] about Investigation launched after masked men rob shop

Tánaiste says conditions in Gaza have reached ‘new depths of despair and misery’

July 25, 2025 by

WARNING: STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGETNAISTE Simon Harris has called for an immediate ceasefire... … [Read more...] about Tánaiste says conditions in Gaza have reached ‘new depths of despair and misery’

Investigation launched after listeriosis death following ‘extensive outbreak’

July 25, 2025 by

ONE person has died following an 'extensive outbreak' of a bacterial infection in Ireland.The Fo... … [Read more...] about Investigation launched after listeriosis death following ‘extensive outbreak’

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May 5, 1867

Nellie Bly, American journalist, was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran to Irish immigrants in Pennsylvania. Born in Cochran Mill’s, an area named for her father Michael who began as a mill laborer and ended up owning the mill. Bly once faked insanity to expose inhumane practices in the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. In doing so she spawned a new form of “investigative” journalism. It was custom at the time for female writers to use pen names and Cochran’s first editor suggested Nelly Bly from the Stephen Foster song. At age 25, she took a trip around the world in 72 days, beating Phileas Fogg, the fictional hero of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. She also was the first female war reporter in WWI.

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