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Proof: Almost all schools to close for second day in coming weeks as unions turn the screw

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T21:03:01Z","headline":"Almost all schools to close for second day in coming weeks as unions turn the screw","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"irishtimes","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/almost-all-schools-to-close-for-second-day-in-coming-weeks-as-unions-turn-the-screw/","v":1}

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SHA-256

6b5c9b98d809290c2b3fced6738c5320f36c6b3ea830e2f71f757471b6dd597f

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970083, mined 2026-10-05 21:21 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 21:10 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 21:10 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6b5c9b98d809.json prints 6b5c9b98d809290c2b3fced6738c5320f36c6b3ea830e2f71f757471b6dd597f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6b5c9b98d809.json and headline-6b5c9b98d809.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-6b5c9b98d809.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, 4 min after it was first seen.