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Holding business leaders accountable for the diverse, open and inclusive office environments they claim to foster is long overdue as these buzz words have sadly become clichés that sit on the ‘About’ page of company’s websites. We are…

Eamon Ryan, the new Minister for Climate Action, Communications Networks and Transport, fell asleep in the Dáil last Thursday. The fact he fell asleep isn’t why I’m writing this article. The real issue here is that once roused, he voted…

Three years ago, I lost my dad suddenly. It was just your average day. I had been cramming for exams, and was as unprepared as usual, mixing up case names, and stumbling on principles. I emerged from my crunchy sweet wrapper filled cave,…

These last few weeks have seen widespread protests across the US in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In addition to and in response to the protests, many people have come together online to stand in solidarity…

It seems like every exercise class under the sun is now being offered online. I've seen practically everything on offer, from spinning and aeriel classes to gymnastics and ballet. Friends and family of mine who never did a yoga class before…

It might not have been loud enough to hear, but a subtle half-time whistle blew over the past week. Three months into the biggest behaviour change project Ireland has ever participated in, we discarded our jerseys and took a breather.…

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way that Americans work, socialize, and generally go about their lives. Access to healthcare has been impacted by the pandemic as hospitals are dealing with huge numbers of cases across…

A few weeks ago, Twitter’s algorithm showed me one of the most circulated recipes of the lockdown. It’s a coffee recipe, made with instant coffee grounds, sugar, hot water and milk. If you spend time on social media, you’ve almost certainly…

It was the height of the Celtic Tiger and funds were tight. There was no way that I was going back to the bog for another summer so it was the building site for me. Mullingar was booming, but I wouldn’t get a sniff without a Safe Pass.…

If you could measure anxiety levels the way you do temperature, right now, the world would be hotter than the Sahara. The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in societal changes in unprecedented ways. Unemployment is soaring, people are…