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''I went to sleep last night with no voice notes being delivered, I nearly lost my mind'

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram have been back online today after a global outage locked millio...

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17.15 5 Oct 2021


''I went to sleep last night with no voice notes being delivered, I nearly lost my mind'


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17.15 5 Oct 2021


Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram have been back online today after a global outage locked millions of users out of accounts for hours.

The company was trying to resolve the issue on Monday after all Facebook-owned apps and websites were unresponsive for users from around 4:30pm Irish time until approximately 11pm.

Ali Ryan is the founder of Goss.ie and Stephen O’Leary, social media analyst, Olytico, joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...

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