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Walt Disney Company is implementing layoffs affecting several hundred employees globally. This move aims to reduce expenses and adjust to the changing landscape of the entertainment industry.A Disney representative verified the layoffs on Tuesday.While the precise number of affected positions remains undisclosed, the layoffs will span various departments. These include television and film marketing, TV publicity, casting and development, and corporate financial operations.The company clarifies that entire teams will not be eliminated.”Given the rapid transformation of our industry, we are continually assessing how to effectively manage our operations while fostering the cutting-edge creativity and innovation that audiences expect from Disney,”…

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Mark your calendars! Donegal will clash with Mayo in a pivotal Round Three match on Sunday, June 15th. The showdown is scheduled to be held at Hyde Park, Roscommon. Expect a significant contingent of Donegal supporters to make the journey to cheer on their team. Date and location fixed for Donegal vs Mayo game was last modified: June 3rd, 2025 by Staff Writer News Source : Donegal Daily

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Search teams have been seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings as the latest search for Madeleine McCann continues in Portugal. German investigators along with Portuguese police officers and firefighters are working in a little-developed area of countryside a few miles from Praia da Luz where Madeleine was last seen in 2007. Then aged three, she vanished while on holiday with her family in the Algarve resort after her parents went out to dinner and left her sleeping in a room with her toddler twin siblings. Search teams look through a derelict and abandoned…

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Cork City Council spent over €23,000 on maintaining its controversial ‘robotrees’ last year, despite a report indicating their impact on air quality was inconclusive. Two “annual maintenance” payments were made to Green City Solutions: €14,497 on July 19 and €8,940 on July 24 of the previous year. These payments exceeded prior years’ expenses, with annual maintenance costing €16,778 in 2020, €17,755 in 2021 (which also included €2,396 for repairs), and €17,880 in 2022. Maintenance cost records for 2023 are absent for the German-engineered devices. These “trees” were designed to utilize moss filters to purify air, absorb pollutants, and collect air…

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Gardaí are seeking public assistance following a burglary in Killybegs. The burglary occurred on Wednesday, May 28th, between 3:20 PM and 3:30 PM in the Tullidon area. Entry to the residence was gained by smashing a rear window. While a bedroom inside was ransacked, it appears nothing was taken. Gardaí suspect the intruder(s) may have been interrupted. A Garda spokesperson stated: “We are appealing to anyone who was in the Tullidon area between 3 PM and 4 PM and who may have dash-cam footage to provide it to Gardaí investigating this incident. Additionally, we ask anyone who witnessed any suspicious…

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An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms told a court on Tuesday she accepted that the fatal lunch she served contained death caps. But Erin Patterson said the “vast majority” of the fungi came from local stores. She denies three counts of murder and one of attempted murder over the beef Wellington meal she served to her parents-in-law and her estranged husband’s aunt and uncle at her home in July 2023. Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson were taken to hospital and died after the lunch in the rural town of…

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Lewis Kenny is young and handsome, with a hipster beard and a strong Dublin accent, so it’s hard to imagine him sitting quietly with a ball of yarn, gently guiding a pair of knitting needles. Yet his deep, smokey voice and thoughtful answers reveal a reflective character with a quiet, slightly self-deprecating confidence. And he is always looking for something new. “I’ve always been a curious person,” says the 32-year-old. “Every year, I’ll try to learn a new skill. When I left school, I went and did electrical engineering in IADT. There was a woman in the college that I…

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