Catégorie  Employment

Taxi Drivers Protest Insurance Hike

Taxi Drivers from across Dublin are staging a protest in response to a significant increase in motor vehicle insurance today. Cab drivers from the TTnH, the voluntary organisation representing taxi drivers in Ireland, are angered by the sudden and severe increase…

Garda Needs 900 New Members

While about 650 trainees are due to enter the Garda College, Templemore this year, the Association of Garda Superintendents (AGSI) has said it was clear this was not enough. The association’s annual delegate conference in Naas, Co Kildare, also heard…

Sleep more, work less

It is hard to invent the Mars spaceship or create a good marketing plan for selling swimsuits in Saudi Arabia, after a party and on just two hours of sleep. On the other hand, many companies start the work day…

Don’t Worry Be Happy

Total Irish employment rose by 44,100 last year, according to the Quarterly National Household Survey. This is a very good news for people in Ireland as well as for future migrants. More money will be spent on Guinness and umbrellas,…

El Dublinorado

We don’t live in the world of our dreams. There are big differences in the standard of living across the continents. But happily for “Guinness” and the Irish people, Dublin belongs to the group of the best cities to live…

Usain Bolt of economy growth

Ireland was and will be the European country with fastest GDP (gross domestic product) growth. It is more impressive when you realize that other EU members are still in crisis stagnation. The growth should reduce unemployment from 9.8 to 7.8%.…