Behind The Story: Kilkenny chaos and tech honey trap

Behind The Story: Kilkenny influencer chaos and Nvidia honey trap

Updated / Tuesday, 10 Nov 2026 12:03

An influencer boxing event that ended in chaos in Co Kilkenny at the weekend has sparked concern for the city's tourism reputation.

The weekend event was organised by social media personality Harrison Sullivan, also known as HSTikkyTokky, who recently featured in Louis Theroux's Netflix documentary 'Inside the Manosphere'.

On this episode, Christopher Dunne, Digital Content Editor with the Kilkenny People explains how the controversial event ended up in Kilkenny.

The event made headlines after disorder broke out following a confrontation during the event involving social media personality Mo Deen and controversial British activist Tommy Robinson.

The disorder spread, with several videos showing chaotic scenes inside and outside the event, which have since been prominently shared on social media. One man was taken to hospital.

The event gained significant attention online.

"It was being live streamed on the platform Kick. At last count there were 1.8million viewers."

Christopher said the venue, the Hub in Cillín Hill, issued a statement after the incident saying that they had a "zero-tolerance" policy towards violence, aggression or disorderly behaviour.

However, he said concerns have been raised locally about for the impact on Kilkenny’s reputation.

"The chair of the local Community Safety Partnership has called for a full garda investigation into the event," he added.

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Tech giant share price drop amid CEO affair with suspected Chinese spy

Shares in US tech giant Nvidia fell by 8% in early trading after claims that’s it’s CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.

The New York Times has identified the alleged Chinese spy as Alice Huang, a former executive of Megaspeed.

Megaspeed is a data centre company based in Singapore that buys Nvidia chips. Mr Huang has admitted to being unfaithful to his wife and apologised.

US authorities had investigated Megaspeed last year for allegedly helping Chinese firms bypass trade restrictions to access Nvidia chips.

Business Journalist with The Currency Tom Lyons said US intelligence has been briefing that Alice Huang was under routine electronic surveillance due to her senior position.

Nvidia controls most of the computer chips used in big artificial intelligence projects that are critical to the US economy.

The company’s dominance has also made Mr Huang one of the wealthiest people in the world, and an ally of US President Donald Trump.

"Nvidia’s chips became the bedrock of what is today the AI revolution," Mr Lyons said, adding that the company designs some of the most sophisticated AI chips on the planet.

Nvidia said it has no reason to believe its secrets or national security were compromised but will "examine all available information".

The Chinese government said the claims are nothing more than a "smear intended to malign China".

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