Development in Kyran Durnin murder case and chatbots in elections

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest developments in the Kyran Durnin murder case and explores the impact of chatbots on political messaging in recent elections.

A woman has been arrested as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin. Crime correspondent Paul Reynolds joins Fran with the latest.  Later, Liz Carolan of The Briefing.ie and Dr Eoghan Cunningham of UCD discuss new research into chatbots in the recent Dublin Central and Galway West by elections and examine how political messaging on social media is changing.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Fran

Guests: Paul Reynolds, Liz Carolan, Dr Eoghan Cunningham

Topics covered

• Kyran Durnin murder case
• chatbots
• elections
• political messaging
• social media

Keywords

• Kyran Durnin
• murder case
• chatbots
• elections
• political messaging
• social media
• Dublin Central
• Galway West

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Briefing.ie

Places: Dublin Central, Galway West

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