3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (849+ words) Although there is not necessarily a collapse in graduate hiring in Ireland, there is certainly a “tightening of the market” due to the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI), according to recruitment professionals. Today’s graduates are entering a workforce “shaped…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (731+ words) The financial fiasco that is the national children’s hospital flashes like a neon sign above the announcement that the Government wants civil servants to take more risks with taxpayers’ money to speed up the delivery of large infrastructure projects. As…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (449+ words) The national planning authority has rejected just four green energy project applications in the last 18 months in a turnaround since being accused by a High Court judge of being a “significant roadblock” to achieving climate goals. An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP)…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (457+ words) Last week, RTÉ’s senior executives appeared yet again before the Public Accounts Committee. TDs once again pored over the small stuff – travel costs, staff allowances, line items in briefing documents – and ignored the only question that actually matters. What does…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (848+ words) The Irish Times Registering for enduring power of attorney made difficult by lack of humans to deal with Problems caused by phasing out person-to-person contact with those in authority in favour of online-only access Sir, – Letters writers have expressed…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (286+ words) Sir, – Fintan O’Toole calls for the Government to address the issue of child poverty by introducing a second level of benefit to be means-tested (“Child benefit reform is a no-brainer. So why has the Government not done it?,” Opinion, July…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago  (693+ words) The UK wasted almost £10 billion (€11 billion) during the Covid-19 pandemic on protective equipment such as masks and gowns that were either defective or remained unused, the country’s inquiry into the outbreak found. The total wasted amounted to almost two-thirds of…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago  (508+ words) A migrant construction engineer who was put to work for 10-hour days doing building work for under the minimum wage after being given “assurances” he would get support for a work permit has secured €14,000 for employment rights breaches at the…...

18+ hour, 39+ min ago  (551+ words) Four of Wall Street’s biggest banks reported big rises in second-quarter profits on Tuesday, following a boom in their equities trading businesses. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of America all reported exceptional quarters for equity trading, driven by market…...

16+ hour, 48+ min ago  (686+ words) DCC founder Jim Flavin has urged the board to aspire to build a company modelled as a CRH of the global energy solutions industry, as he stepped up his campaign against a sale of the group, which is said to…...