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Will we have to ration energy - and how would we do it?
The current energy crisis shows little sign of easing, and the worst may be to come. Some have warned that, with Russian gas supplies in doubt, Europ…
4 years ago
How concerned should we be about the summer Covid surge?
Just three months on from the last pandemic wave which swept across the country, Ireland is once again experiencing a surge in Covid cases. But was i…
4 years ago
Could a tsunami hit Ireland?
Nearly 300 years ago an earthquake off the coast of Portugal caused a tsunami which hit Ireland’s coast. Records show that the Lisbon tsunami, as it …
4 years ago
Why Ireland’s junior doctors are ready to strike
Many hospitals around the country could soon be functioning without hundreds of junior doctors. Earlier this month, they voted in favour of strike ac…
4 years ago
Energy poverty: why are so many people struggling to power their homes?
With many Irish people now feeling the bite from the soaring cost of living, a new report has found a record number of households are experiencing en…
4 years ago
The George Bento trial: How the Brazilian Deliveroo cyclist walked free
Earlier this week, George Gonzaga Bento walked out of Dublin’s Central Criminal Court, a free man. The 36-year-old from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, had…
4 years ago
January 6th Committee: did Trump attempt a coup?
After 11 months, nearly 100 subpoenas and more than a thousand interviews, the congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the US…
4 years ago
Sorry not sorry: Merkel's Putin policy under the spotlight
For the first time since retiring, former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel spoke out last week about how her government treated an increasingly ag…
4 years ago
Will a four-day working week become a reality?
In 2018, Andrew Barnes decided to trial a four-day working week at his New Zealand-based business Perpetual Guardian. His employees work 80% of the t…
4 years ago
The vilification of Amber Heard
Two weeks ago, a jury in Virginia delivered the verdict that everyone had been waiting for: Johnny Depp had won his multimillion-dollar defamation ca…
4 years ago