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Proof: Increasing number of foreign-born recruits joining Defence Forces

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T05:11:12Z","headline":"Increasing number of foreign-born recruits joining Defence Forces","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"irishtimes","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/increasing-number-of-foreign-born-recruits-joining-defence-forces/","v":1}

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SHA-256

ccbdd6bbde8b83d18eaf6fbb77b1803291d5cf9af0d45d2cc337c254e060e218

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969682, mined 2026-10-03 05:44 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 05:13 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 05:14 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ccbdd6bbde8b.json prints ccbdd6bbde8b83d18eaf6fbb77b1803291d5cf9af0d45d2cc337c254e060e218. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-ccbdd6bbde8b.json and headline-ccbdd6bbde8b.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-ccbdd6bbde8b.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.