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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Emmet Malone
The Government should use this year’s budget to invest more in major infrastructure and research so as to create a broader economic base and lessen dependency on revenue from a handful of multinational companies, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has said.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Emmet Malone
More than one-quarter of the US multinational firms that sponsored past Dublin Pride events have pulled out this month due to the shift in US attitudes towards diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, organisers have said. Pride’s co-chief executive Jed Dowling said 12 of 42 US firms that had recently been involved stepped away. He said 10 did so because of concerns over the Trump administration’s threats to sanction firms with DEI policies it did not approve of.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Emmet Malone
A service desk engineer dismissed by bookmaker Bar One Racing for alleged poor attendance and timekeeping was subject to “deplorable” treatment by the company, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has found. The company conducted a “masterclass in how not to convene a disciplinary meeting” as it dealt with Liam Kyle, who initially worked on a part-time basis before being made permanent in October 2023, said WRC adjudication officer Pat Brady.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Emmet Malone
The worst experience that Sinéad Whiston has ever had on a flight was when a passenger was “verbally abusive and trying to damage the aircraft”. “It was a 4¼-hour flight spent trying to de-escalate someone’s behaviour the whole time. I was counting down the clock all the way to Dublin so that we could just get this person off the aircraft,” she says.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Emmet Malone
Unions and representatives of retired civil servants say they are awaiting detail of the errors made in relation to the pensions of their current or former members. However, there is concern that some of the issues could require legislation and that senior politicians could be impacted by any changes to the law.
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