Irish people enjoy - or endure - some of the longest working weeks in Europe

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, April 28, 2016

Irish people enjoy - or endure - some of the longest working weeks in Europe
- Irish people enjoy - or endure - some of the longest marriages and working weeks in Europe. The annual review of life here also confirms our ...

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Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Department, drug companies in two-month deadlock over drug prices : THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and the body representing pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ireland remain deadlocked in talks for a new agreement on drug prices – almost two months after the previous deal expired. The Irish Medical News reports that the last ...

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest : DUBLIN —Authorities in Ireland arrested and indicted the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Corp., making him the most senior executive to face charges in an investigation into financial irregularities at the lender that eventually led to Ireland ... Wall Street Journal

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted To date, 16 of Ireland's 26 Catholic dioceses have been subject to a NBSC review with a further six to be completed by September next. It is expected that all 26 dioceses will have been reviewed by the end of this year. So far, five religious ...

Almost one million people WON'T have to pay income tax in Ireland next year

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Almost one million people WON'T have to pay income tax in Ireland next year -

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers?

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, November 22, 2017

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers? - More than 30 years ago, Declan Kiberd asked whether Irish people “feel ravaged by crises of national identity as they reach for the multinational snap-crackle-and-pop”. Some countries are sufficiently complacent to dispense with this process: the Swiss invented mountain-shaped chocolate and an ...

Northern Ireland violence to be debated by MPs

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, December 13, 2012

Northern Ireland violence to be debated by MPs : The violent street disorder destabilising Northern Ireland will be debated on Tuesday in the House of Commons. The Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, has confirmed MPs will be given a chance to debate the weeklong disturbances linked to the ... The Guardian

LGBT market: Unrealized potential

Irish Standard Time — Friday, December 06, 2013

LGBT market: Unrealized potential - Destination Halifax has been working with the LGBT community since 2006 in an effort to present Halifax as a gay welcoming destination.

Irish people in stitches at man's 'nonsensical' bag of shopping after drunken trip to Centra ...

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Irish people have been hailing the shopping basket of items purchased by one man after a trip to the pub over the weekend. View article...

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