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DNS is usually compared to an address book that acts to connect browsers to the computer system serving the website they are trying to access. For the latest news and breaking news visit irishmirror. But according to Cisco company ThousandEyes it may be due to a Domain Name Server (DNS) failure. We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products.' 21:01 KEY EVENT What do experts think has happened? None of the affected social media giants or websites have given an official reason for the outage. Twitter however, doesn't seem to have been affected, with people already flocking to the social media giant to check they are not the only ones struggling with the other platforms. 'The biggest problem is fears over a cyber attack but as we saw from Fastly in the summer I would hedge my bets on that not being the case as we're talking about one of the biggest companies in the world, but there's always a chance. More than 30,000 Instagram users also had similar complaints, with 51% relating to the app, 26% over the server connection and 23% citing the website.
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(Image: iStock Editorial) 'It could well be a human error or a software bug lurking in the shadows but whatever it is Facebook needs to do its best to mitigate the problem of causing more panic about this.

Up to 76% of reports were related to the website while 14% were linked to the app. He said: 'There have been many reports and I'm struggling to find out exactly what has happened- I'm reading it could be DNS related, which means there is an issue with the connection not knowing where to go to your device. READ MORE The apps stopped being accessible for users at roughly 5pm, with a Facebook spokesperson confirming that the company are"working to get things back to normal".

21:01 Sam Roberts Could it be a Cyber Attack? Cyber security specialist Jake Moore said there is a 'chance' the issue could be related to a cyber attack. A total of 43 % of users experienced issues with the app, with 27% being unable to send messages. But WhatsApp said it will try to fix the issue 'asap', with Facebook echoed this saying they are working to solve the issue 'as quickly as possible'. None of the social giants affected have given an estimate of how long it will take for the platforms to start running again. KEY EVENT When did it happen ? The outage started at about 4pm Irish time and has been ongoing since, meaning people have been without access to some of their main communication channels for almost four hours.Social media giants Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down in a global outage, according to DownDetector."We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.The platforms confirmed on Twitter they are aware of issues and are working to resolve them. When you have VirginMediaIE 😎 Also VirginMediaIE Eir aswell same problem No they're not 🙄🤦♂️ Except they’re not! 🤦🏼♀️ Typical just about to turn over for the night !! 🙄😴 o well tomorrows another day! instagramįacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp DOWN in Ireland as part of huge global outageMore than 20,000 WhatsApp users reported issues using the global instant messaging service from about 4pm Irish time francie_mcfcįacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down as outage hits | JOE.ie'We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.' In other news, offices reporting record productivity Facebooks IT team now 😂įacebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down in global outageWhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are down - with users experiencing issues on the social media platforms. Gardaí have identified a person of interest as part of their investigation into the death of Stefan Posschier in Co Westmeath yesterday evening. 'Person of interest' identified over Westmeath death
