Tech CEOs Must Properly Get Behind Net Zero Goals
Reducing emissions alone won’t get the world to net zero—so entrepreneurs are betting on carbon-capture tech.Continue Reading
2021-12-28
Covid: 6,735 new cases as businesses struggle with self-isolating staff
A further 6,735 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic, with some businesses struggling to keep their doors open as soaring infection numbers impact staffing. Overall test positivity reported on Monday was 49.7 per cent, increasing from 39.8 per cent on Stephens’ Day and 32.4 per cent onContinue Reading
2021-12-27
Retirement communities: ageism exists even among the elderly – new research
shutterstock/supermao “We don’t want to be tripping over Zimmer frames all the time,” said John*, 73. He clearly felt frustrated and had a strong objection to the older, more frail residents in his retirement village. John and his wife, Jean, had moved to the retirement village about a year ago.Continue Reading
2021-12-27
Boxing Day Hunts: Plymouth MP calls for fox hunting loopholes to be closed
Plymouth MP Luke Pollard has called for fox hunting to be banned “fully” by closing loopholes associated with “trail hunting”. Boxing Day is a traditional day for fox hunts to meet across the country including in Devon. Although hunting with dogs has been banned since 2005, trail hunting escapes the ban, andContinue Reading
2021-12-26
Leaks and restrictions: ‘It’s psychologically unsatisfactory to blame a virus’
While leaks and uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic are bad for people’s mental health, a professor of psychiatry has said the tendency to blame public health officials and politicians comes because blaming the virus itself is “emotionally unsatisfactory”. Leaks of National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) advice to Government haveContinue Reading
2021-12-25
We Ranked the Democratic Standards of Fictional Netflix Nations
From Christmas economics to incarceration policy, how well do the various monarchical countries of the Princess Switch series treat their humble citizens?Continue Reading
2021-12-24
Only The Best Tech Deals in The Christmas Sales
Christmas is closing in and it’s probably time to find that tech gift for your family and friends, from laptops to earbuds and tablets.Continue Reading
2021-12-23
Almost half of adults have now received booster jab – Taoiseach
Almost half of Ireland’s adult population has now received a Covid vaccine booster, the Taoiseach has said. The update from Micheál Martin came as the HSE warned the country could soon be recording 20,000 confirmed cases a day in a worst case scenario. Mr Martin said, as of Thursday, 49.9Continue Reading
2021-12-23
2021: a grim year for journalists and free speech in an increasingly turbulent and authoritarian world
A protester calls for the release of journalist, who covered the initial outbreak of COVID in Wuhan in 2019 and 2020 and was sentenced to four years in prison. EPA-EFE/Miguel Candela Hundreds of journalists killed or arrested, rising numbers of female media workers targeted, floods of misinformation and hate speechContinue Reading
2021-12-23
Italy’s citizenship debate: how a country of emigrants is learning to live with immigrants
The American actor Richard Gere is one among several witnesses scheduled to testify at the high-profile trial of the Italian politician Matteo Salvini, Italy’s former interior minister. Salvini is facing charges of kidnapping after allegedly blocking the humanitarian ship Open Arms carrying 147 migrants from docking at the Sicilian portContinue Reading
2021-12-21