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THE REUTERS NEWS agency says that one of its websites was hacked into and used to disseminate fake stories about Syria’s rebel movement.
Thomson Reuters said its “blogging platform was compromised and fabricated blog posts were falsely attributed to several Reuters journalists.”
One of bogus blog posts claimed that rebels had acquired chemical weapons from Libya and were preparing to smuggle them into Syria.
There was no immediate indication of who was behind the Friday attack, although both opponents and supporters of Syria’s government have routinely engaged in acts of electronic sabotage.
One loyalist group, the Syrian Electronic Army, recently promised a wave of attacks against what it described as “fake revolution” websites.
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Been living in Port Laoise for 20 years and still can’t find the beach
@Pro gamer Jack: What beach? There isn’t one?
@Pro gamer Jack: I suppose it has the blue flags, though, on and off.
@Pro gamer Jack:when you serve your sentence and your released you will have all the time in the world to find it.
@Pro gamer Jack: Twenty one years is a mighty long time as the song says!!!
@Pro gamer Jack: keep looking, it’s there somewhere.
Waterford – Tramore Yes – just bring on the Airport ! Great city
@D: And people will fly to Lanzarotte!
@If you’re: for half the price ..
The Seapoint one is nonsense. Poo in the water (fact, not an ask).
@Wendy Arbour aka Luas Vuitton – Dub Drag Queen: Got to agree. Something odd with the beaches listed. Disappointing low number in North Dublin. The Forty Foot always seems cleaner than Seapoint to me.
@MTM2000: True. But the poo is there too. People need to realise that the test is for ecoli in poo,not for poo. They’re swimming in poo. Might as well paddle in their own jacks before its flushed. No ecoli there either.
The sea side of Rush used to be beautiful, it was the family go to spot during the summer months growing up, hopefully it’s still as beautiful as it is in my memories.
Ireland has the best seas, only for the toughest people though
Mullaghroe isn’t by the sea. So fair play to them for the blue flag. Lol
@Tony: Mullaghroe beach is in Mayo. They have the wrong county.
Clontarf boating slip ‘ check Dublin City county 2022 assessment, water not good . If you continue at least pour couple of liters of disinfectant from head to toe after swim .
Very nice people those swimmers . I speak from experience swam in balscadden bay howth too late when I discovered sewer outlet . Still paying the price
⚠️It’s also a busy boating area , and the odd irresponsible swimmer out amongst racing yachts and dinghy’s , little turnip sizes heads except to be seen .
Why isn’t clones beach south of arklow a blue flag beach. The new poop processing plant in arklow is up and running so no more untreated waste water into the sea anymore.
@Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson:
Ringsend have a similar plant that regularly over flowed , clones lovely spot deserves protection
@Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson:
Just Googled clones sea water , excellent tested over 4 yrs . Keep pushing them Jonnie boy or stick up a blue Dublin flag
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