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‘A slap in the face to the Irish public’: TikTok rejects Oireachtas invite after M9 crash
Committee chair Alan Kelly said social media company had an ‘enormous responsibility’ that cannot be shirked
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- 20 Aug 2026, 17:18 UTC
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- Jack Horgan-Jones
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Committee chair Alan Kelly said social media company had an ‘enormous responsibility’ that cannot be shirked
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‘A slap in the face to the Irish public’: TikTok rejects Oireachtas invite after M9 crash
Committee chair Alan Kelly said social media company had an ‘enormous responsibility’ that cannot be shirked
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