Siptu has welcomed the backing of Dublin Bus for a dedicated transport police force, while Martin Wall surveys the views of ASTI conference delegates on generative AI.

Meanwhile, Politico reports that the son of the former Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, has said Western governments should create a “strike fund” to support a wave of industrial action across Iran that will paralyze the state and hasten the end of the regime. The last shah of Iran and was ousted in the 1979 revolution.

Elsewhere, businessman Denis O’Brien has received €5.8m from the State Claims Agency for his legal costs in relation to the Moriarty Tribunal, the largest of its kind ever to a tribunal witness.

Finally, with the world's empathy trained elsewhere, Patrick Freyne's account of Sudanese refugee camps in Chad is worth reading. 

Zen 

After moving to Ireland in September 2023, Palestinian student Sarraj Alsersawi graduated top of his DCU class, and declares a preference for Cork over Dublin.

Have a lovely day. 

Niall Shanahan