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"Like Ireland, the US population, wealth, opportunity and political power is concentrated in a relatively small number of urban areas"

What can Ireland learn from the mess America finds itself in?

United States / 17 Jan

"People often feel uncomfortable if others know their salary"

How much are you paid?

Salaries / 16 Jan

"Contrary to how things were 30 years ago, open source software is today as user-friendly and good-looking as any other proprietary and close-source counterpart"

Is open source culture the answer to our technology woes?

technology / 14 Jan

"The idea of resilience has even greater appeal to employers who may be engaging in significant restructuring or other organisational changes"

Is resilience really a good thing for employees?

Work & careers / 09 Jan

It's Brexit Wot Won It

How Brexit has transformed the UK political landscape

Brexit / 13 Dec 19

Soon to be a very rare sight: Coldplay's Chris Martin onstage in 2017

Will many acts follow Coldplay's lead when it comes to touring?

Climate Change / 11 Dec 19

"If you are the one tasked with organising the office Christmas party, it might be wise to put away the mistletoe"

Mixing office romances and Christmas parties in the age of #MeToo

Office Politics / 03 Dec 19

"Pain is a subjective experience. No other person, and no test, can tell who is or is not in pain, or how severe the pain is."

Back pain: are you saying it's all in my head?

Health / 28 Nov 19

"Businesses only come into being through the people who inhabit them so it's not a question of "getting everyone on board" because the employees are the boat"

Why do some companies take their employees for granted?

Work & careers / 28 Nov 19

Sure look, the boot works. Photo: Getty Images

The utter hell of working for a visionary

Work & careers / 25 Nov 19

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: "recent developments have prompted experts to doubt the fairness and legitimacy of Turkey's democracy"

Is Turkey becoming a hybrid regime?

Turkey / 26 Nov 19

Helen McCrory as Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders: "she dresses to kill (no pun intended) and makes the viewers rethink the term power dressing, all of this contributing to her iconic character."

Why Polly Gray from Peaky Blinders is a feminist icon

Peaky Blinders / 21 Nov 19

"One of the most interesting aspects of our accent is that it is ultimately controlled by ourselves"

What do our accents say about us?

Accents / 09 Dec 19

"Weight training can help to prevent injuries by strengthening and stabilising muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons and ultimately improving joint stability"

10 reasons why more women should lift weights

Fitness / 19 Nov 19

A refugee family leaving Memel in Lithuania in June 1939 after the German ultimatum. Photo: Getty Images

How Ireland responded to refugees fleeing Hitler and the Nazis

History / 18 Nov 19

A medical nanorobot at work. Photo: Getty Images

The rise of molecular machines

Biology / 15 Nov 19

"It is interesting to look back at the chemical compounds that were common place in household and medicinal products"

Radium, cocaine, lithium: the colourful history of some chemicals

Chemistry / 15 Nov 19

"Plucked from the streets of Moscow in 1957 as a 3-year-old, Laika became the first animal to orbit the earth". Photo: Getty Images

A short history of sending animals into space

animals / 13 Nov 19

"Using testosterone to improve athletic performance dates back to 1954, when the Russian weightlifting team injected themselves with testosterone prior to the World Weightlifting Championship in Vienna"

Everything you need to know about steroids

Brainstorm / 11 Nov 19

"The applications of network science to crime fighting are even more remarkable and this relatively new field of research has proven to be very efficient in studying criminal systems"

How criminal gangs could be stopped by maths

Maths / 06 Nov 19

"Cleary was burned to death by her husband and family members, who claimed that they had done so to force fairies to return Cleary, whom the family believed had stolen and replaced with a changeling."

"Darkest Ireland" and the burning of Bridget Cleary

Folklore / 29 Oct 19

"Low quality jobs are characterised by low earnings, limited job security, poor future prospects, as well as poor social and physical work environments"

Why job quality needs to be on the employment agenda

Work & careers / 22 Oct 19

The cast of 2009 RTÉ One TV series Five Women Go Back to Work

Will returnships help women back to work after an extended break?

Work & careers / 18 Oct 19

Is it time to shake up how artists get paid by Spotify and other streaming services?

Why 90% of your streaming cash goes to acts you may not like

Music business / 14 Oct 19

Successful executives are often charismatic, confident and driven, characteristics sometimes linked to Antisocial Personality Disorder

My boss is a psychopath: why bad people get good jobs

Work & careers / 11 Oct 19

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