What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse)
Here’s what industry leaders think about the future of work, from changing office hours to, yes, staying in the meatspace.Continue Reading
2021-12-06
Met Éireann issues weather warning as Storm Barra to hit Ireland
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow weather warning with Storm Barra expected to hit Ireland within 48 hours. The storm is expected to impact the island on Tuesday and Wednesday, with strong winds and heavy rain forecast. The national forecaster said further weather warnings are expected to follow theContinue Reading
2021-12-05
The Best Eco-Cleaning Products Tried And Tested
Cleaning just got cleaner – take a gentler approach to sprucing up your home with our edit of the latest eco-cleaning solutions.Continue Reading
2021-12-05
How To Buy Chocolate This Christmas
The UK’s craft chocolate scene is proof that quality is synonymous with high ethical standardsContinue Reading
2021-12-04
Churches aren’t helping asylum seekers ‘game’ the immigration system
Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock In November, Emad al Swealmeen triggered a bomb outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. When it became known that Al Swealmeen was an asylum seeker who had converted to Christianity, it was reported that the Home Office had accused churches of converting asylum seekers to Christianity in orderContinue Reading
2021-12-03
What Crypto Can Expect From Twitter’s New CEO
@jack is out at Twitter, but his crypto-mania is alive and well under Parag Agrawal.Continue Reading
2021-12-03
‘Merely tinkering’: expert analysis of the UK government’s new plan to reform social care in England
Even before the pandemic, there were over 124,000 care-worker vacancies in the UK. Art_Photo | Shutterstock The UK government has published details of how it plans to reform adult social care in England. On December 1, in the House of Commons, Care Minister Gillian Keegan introduced an “ambitious 10-year vision”,Continue Reading
2021-12-03
France and the UK: behind two men scoring political points are teams of diplomats behaving like grown ups
Instead of a more formal mode of communication, UK prime minister Boris Johnson recently decided to tweet a letter he had written to French president Emmanuel Macron issuing a series of demands on managing cross-Channel migration. Macron was duly enraged. He accused Johnson of not being serious and disinvited theContinue Reading
2021-12-03
Closure of nightclubs and limits on household mixing over Christmas advised by Nphet
Updated at 11:50 am Further Covid-19 restrictions for the Christmas period are expected to be discussed by the Government on Friday. The Cabinet meeting at 3pm will follow a meeting of the Covid-19 sub-committee on Friday morning. As reported in The Irish Times, reduced capacity in pubs and indoor hospitality,Continue Reading
2021-12-03
Debunking key myths about Britain’s ‘broken asylum system’
In the same week that saw at least 27 people die in the Channel trying to cross in a small boat, the UK government released its quarterly immigration statistics bulletin. Political pressure has piled up on the UK government – and on Home Secretary Priti Patel in particular – toContinue Reading
2021-12-03