Fianna Fáil minister ‘categorically’ disagrees with Burnham on unity poll Niamh Smyth, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, said a poll on a ‘reunited Ireland’ is not off the table. Evening Standard · Aug 28
‘Worrying’ that X is refusing to appear before committee – TD Representatives from Meta, Google and TikTok will appear before the committee on Wednesday afternoon. Evening Standard · Feb 3
Niamh Smyth says ‘she does not trust X’ The minister with responsibility for artificial intelligence (AI) has said she does not trust X Evening Standard · Jan 27
Irish minister deactivates X account over Grok sexual deepfake controversy The minister deactivated his account on Friday The Independent UK · Jan 9
Grok paywall change ‘window dressing’ and ‘clearly’ not enough – Irish ministers Ireland’s AI minister Niamh Smyth encouraged people to deactivate their X accounts. Evening Standard · Jan 9
Top Official Appointed to Oversee AI Admits She's Never Used ChatGPT, Isn't Familiar with DeepSeek: 'It's All a New Learning Curve' Although she isn't familiar with the technology, the newly appointed official feels qualified because she led AI press briefings during her last term. Latin Times · Feb 4, 2025
No proposals for staff redundancies or selling assets at RTE: Media minister It comes after a Government TD denied that the coalition could seek ‘revenge’ on the broadcaster amid ongoing revelations. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023
Government is not seeking ‘revenge’ in its response to RTE payment debacle – TD Two Government representatives denied that widespread redundancies at the broadcaster are planned. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023
Patrick Kielty's Late Late Show salary set to be revealed - but only if the host agrees Fianna Fail TD Niamh Smyth questioned the RTE board on how soon they will be making the Northern Irishman’s salary public Irish Mirror · Jun 28, 2023
'Productive and cordial' meeting as politicians pay a visit to FAI HQ, discuss investment A delegation from the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media made its way to Abbotstown on Tuesday for a meeting with senior FAI officials. Irish Mirror · May 23, 2023
One Government TD ordered 63,000 personalised calendars last year - another got 1,600 sympathy cards Figures obtained from the Houses of the Oireachtas show 236,945 items of stationery including greetings and congratulations cards were obtained from the taxpayer-funded service in 2022. The bulk order of personalised calendars were for one Fianna Fail TD. Irish Mirror · Mar 17, 2023