Brian O'Donovan

Work & Technology Correspondent

Increase in women on company boards - B4BB report

Ireland has been ranked fifth in the EU for women on boards of the largest listed companies, up 11 places since 2018.

Business • 26 Nov

Companies record €24m in European Space Agency contracts

Irish companies secured a record €24 million in European Space Agency contracts in 2024, according to a new report.

Ireland • 26 Nov

Rear view of male and female adult students walking at campus during sunny day

€750m in research funding for higher education sector

The Government has launched a €750m investment package for research infrastructure across Ireland's higher education sector.

Education • 26 Nov

Four Amnesty International activists stand in front of TikTok’s Dublin office

Petition calls on TikTok to make platform 'a safer space'

Amnesty International has delivered a global petition to TikTok's office in Dublin calling on the platform to do more to protect children and young people from harmful content.

Business • 25 Nov

a stack of coins against a background of euro notes with dice spelling out the word pension

75% of businesses expect auto-enrolment to hit profits

Just over three-quarters of businesses expect pension auto-enrolment to negatively impact profitability in 2026, according to new research.

Business • 24 Nov

Sisters Emma Connolly (left) and Kate Connolly at the Hyatt Centric Hotel, Dublin where they are using AssistiV technology to work.

Roll-out of new tech to support workers with disabilities

AssistiV, a screen-based technology designed to support sustainable employment opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is being rolled out nationally.

Business • 24 Nov

SIPTU suspends Carroll's Cuisine strike

SIPTU has suspended a 12-hour strike that was due to commence at Carroll's Cuisine in Tullamore, County Offaly, tomorrow morning.

Business • 21 Nov

Health unions call for dispute to go to Labour Court

Healthcare unions have requested that a dispute over a staffing agreement with the HSE be referred to the Labour Court.

Business • 21 Nov

More than 3,400 remote working responses in four days

A public consultation seeking views on the right to request remote working, which opened on Tuesday, has already received 3,427 responses.

Business • 21 Nov

Talks at WRC over school secretary pensions break down

Talks at the Workplace Relations Commission aimed at resolving a pensions dispute involving school secretaries and caretakers have broken down. The negotiations ended this evening without agreement, and the workers' trade union, Fórsa, said it wants the matter to be referred to the Labour Court.

Ireland • 21 Nov