KFC has run out of chicken in the UK

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A “chicken crisis” is ruffling feathers in the UK and Ireland, after a shortage of chicken prompted most of its 900 KFC branches to close for the day. 

On Monday, a shortage of fresh chicken caused by a delivery problem brought hundreds of KFC stores to close across the nation.

In a statement, KFC apologised for denying people their fix of finger lickin’ good chicken. As of Monday night, just 300 of KFC’s branches were still open, according to TIME.   

“We know that this might have inconvenienced some of you over the last few days, and disappointed you when you wanted your fried chicken fix — we’re really sorry about that,” read the company’s statement.  Read more…

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Stripe will establish an engineering hub in Dublin

 Stripe will open its first engineering center outside the United States in Dublin, the company told Reuters today. Dublin isn’t a surprising choice. Though the online payment processing provider is based in San Francisco, its founders are Irish and Stripe’s European headquarters are already in the Irish capital, where it has about 100 employees. Reuters says Stripe will hire… Read More

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Mini drives through crashing waves from Storm Eleanor and do not try this at home

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The phrase “don’t try this at home” has never been more relevant than when applied to the video below.

On Tuesday, Ireland was hit by Storm Eleanor. The BBC reported widespread flooding, winds of up to 100mph, and — unsurprisingly — all sorts of travel disruption.

Some road-users were undeterred, though.

That video was shot in Galway, Ireland, on Tuesday evening, and has since been shared thousands of times on Twitter. It’s worth reinforcing again that this is horrifically unsafe and should not be attempted.

People didn’t quite know what to make of it. Read more…

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Trump’s Irish golf course gets approval to build that wall, thanks to climate change

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President Trump got the go-ahead to build that wall. No, not that one — the one on the coast of his County Clare golf course in Ireland.

The “wall” is actually two walls along the country’s Western coast, running more than 2,000 feet on one side and 550 feet on the otherThe council approved construction Thursday as “coastal erosion management” in a revised development proposal for the course.

Clare County Council has today issued a decision to grant permission for the development of coastal erosion management works at, and adjacent to, Carrowmore Dunes, White Strand, Doughmore Bay and Trump International Golf Links and Hotel, Doonbeg, Clare pic.twitter.com/kch6i5GxUR

— Clare County Council (@ClareCoCo) December 21, 2017 Read more…

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Facebook will no longer always divert international advertising revenue to Ireland

 Facebook today said it is shifting to a “local selling structure” in countries outside of the U.S., in which its advertising revenue in that country will be recorded by their local company in the country. That means that rather than directly route its revenue to its international headquarters in Dublin, local policymakers and governments will potentially get an opportunity for… Read More

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