Ireland ranks second worst across OECD for parental leave and worst for 'public family policies'

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Ireland was found to have the second-worst parental leave package at 7.6 weeks for mothers and just 0.5 weeks for fathers.

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Ireland : our Highlights of the week

Irish Standard Time — Saturday, July 20, 2019

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Poitín maker in high spirits over London launch

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 09, 2015

Poitín maker in high spirits over London launch - In Ireland the drink has something of a muddied reputation, but in London people love the rogue element, the illegal history of the drink, and are ...

Decision to phase out State funding for private charity lotteries being challenged

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Decision to phase out State funding for private charity lotteries being challenged In an affidavit, Rehab group CEO Angela Kerins said more than 20 well known national and local charities , such as ISPCC, Asthma Society of Ireland , Irish Wheelchair Association, and Irish Cancer Society received funding under the scheme along with ...

Why Brussels seems relaxed about the end game

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Why Brussels seems relaxed about the end game - The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is now selling hard the idea that the UK can change its mind during the transition period and choose to stay part of the European single market and customs union - particularly with a view to solving the Irish border issue. This would be the ideal post- Brexit ..

Irish young scientists win a top award at European event

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Irish young scientists win a top award at European event - Their win entitled them to compete in the European Contest representing Ireland . The competition was intense with 120 students from 38 countries taking part.

3% of Ireland's farmland and 1.3m cattle needed to meet AD target

Irish Standard Time — Friday, April 21, 2023

It's expected around 20 large-scale anaerobic digesters will be built in Ireland by 2025, and up to 200 by 2030. View article...

Irish people still claim sightings of Virgin Mary in sky in 1985 were legitimate

Irish Standard Time — Monday, April 15, 2019

Irish people still claim sightings of Virgin Mary in sky in 1985 were legitimate - In 1985, Ireland was gripped by moving statues from Ballinspittle to Stradbally with hundreds of thousands of people gathering at grottos in the belief ...

We know what conservative populism is now thanks to Brexit and Trump, this is progressive ...

Irish Standard Time — Monday, April 16, 2018

We know what conservative populism is now thanks to Brexit and Trump, this is progressive ... - But here it can also includes artists expressing the Irish post-colonial experience of living in a country that was once under British rule and still dealing with the after effects of that almost 100 years after independence. For Rollefson – who emigrated to Ireland from the US four years ago – similar themes ..

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