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irishtimes.com > business > 09/08/2026 > retailer-next-wins-landmark-judgment-in-uk-multibillion-pound-equal-pay-battle

Retailer Next wins ‘landmark’ judgment in UK multibillion-pound equal pay battle

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (606+ words) The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that retailer Next is justified in paying warehouse workers a higher hourly rate than shop floor staff, overturning a controversial ruling that had strengthened multibillion-pound equal pay claims against Britain’s largest retailers. The…...

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irishtimes.com > ireland > social-affairs > 09/01/2026 > i-think-only-one-of-my-friends-has-a-job-youth-unemployment-report-paints-bleak-picture

‘I think only one of my friends has a job’: Youth unemployment report paints bleak picture

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (510+ words) “Only a few of my friends have jobs,” says 19-year-old David Moran, from the Oliver Bond estate in Dublin’s south inner city. He mentions one who is working as a barber then pauses briefly and laughs a little as he…...

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irishtimes.com > opinion > letters > 09/01/2026 > working-for-longer-is-not-an-inevitability

Working for longer is not an inevitability

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (198+ words) Sir, – Your columnist Pat Leahy states that to pay for pensions “people will inevitably have to work longer” (“Irish workers are going to have to work for longer. Politicians should face up to this”, August 30th). This is not an inevitability....

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irishtimes.com > business > 08/21/2026 > why-are-young-people-struggling-to-find-work-despite-a-booming-labour-market

Why do so many under-35s struggle to find work in Ireland’s booming economy?

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1698+ words) For decades, young people have been encouraged to equate education with opportunity. Study hard, get a degree and success will follow. So why are so many struggling to find work at a time when we’re told the labour market is…...

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irishtimes.com > crime-law > courts > 07/06/2026 > cancelled-refugee-accommodation-centre-dispute-may-be-heard-next-year

Cancelled refugee accommodation centre dispute may be heard next year

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (356+ words) A Commercial Court hearing of a dispute about a cancelled international protection applicants accommodation centre in south city Dublin may take place at the beginning of next year, a judge said. Judge Eileen Roberts said there was availability for a…...

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irishtimes.com > opinion > letters > 06/18/2026 > clear-pattern-of-child-poverty

Clear pattern of child poverty

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (274+ words) Sir, – Evidence from the Central Statistics Office’s 2025 Silc (Survey on income and living conditions) data and the MESL (Minimum essential standard of living) 2026 research, as published this week, highlights a clear and concerning pattern. Children in one-parent households continue to…...

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irishtimes.com > politics > 04/14/2026 > public-services-card-to-be-used-as-id-for-banks-under-plans-to-go-before-cabinet

Public Services Card to be used as ID for banks under plans to go before Cabinet

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (419+ words) People will be able to use their Public Services Card (PSC) as a form of identification when engaging with financial institutions under proposals to be brought to Cabinet on Tuesday. The new way the PSC can be used as identification…...

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irishtimes.com > world > uk > 04/11/2026 > uk-pauses-plan-to-return-chagos-islands-to-mauritius-after-us-opposition

UK pauses plan to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US opposition

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (480+ words) The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement. On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time…...

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irishtimes.com > politics > 03/23/2026 > fuel-costs-support-will-be-temporary-and-quickly-withdrawn-minister-says

Fuel costs support will be temporary and quickly withdrawn, Minister says

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (526+ words) The Government’s supports to help ease rising energy prices will be strictly limited and withdrawn as quickly as possible, Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said, hours before the Cabinet meets to discuss options. Warning of the scale of…...

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irishtimes.com > ireland > social-affairs > 02/27/2026 > hes-feeling-at-home-school-rallies-around-boy-5-with-special-needs-facing-deportation

‘He’s feeling at home’: School rallies around boy (5) with special needs facing deportation

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (978+ words) A Co Mayo school is assisting efforts to revoke a decision by the Department of Justice to deport a five-year-old pupil with special needs. Onalenna, known as Ona, came to Ireland from South Africa with his aunt, who is his…...