Irish Times

Google has been fined €403 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission for breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. The Irish Times reports the decision by the regulator, which oversees many major US tech firms because of their European headquarters in Ireland. The penalty is one of the largest GDPR fines issued to date, underlining continued EU scrutiny of how large technology companies handle users' personal data.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Ireland, in a meeting highlighted by the EA-Ukraine VideoCast. The encounter, unusual for its Irish venue, points to continued high-level coordination between Kyiv and US intelligence amid the ongoing war with Russia. Commentators are weighing what the location and timing signal about Western support and back-channel diplomacy.