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John Holden

John Holden

John Holden is a freelance journalist and researcher. He has worked in the Irish radio and print media for a decade and has been writing for The Irish Times for the last eight years. Specialising in science and innovation he has a masters in Science Communications, is the co founder of the social media science awareness campaign: Sex, Drugs and Quantum Physics and is coordinator of Foxpop, an online project to gather data on Foxes in Dublin City and beyond.

A Fox on the grounds of the Garda office on Harcourt Street, Dublin. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Have you seen a fox? Maybe you can help

Citizen science should reveal distribution of the fox across Dublin

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Why failure is the forgotten ingredient in business success

Learning to fail gracefully, and putting failure in perspective, is a vital trait for any successful entrepreneur

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The bitcoin is growing rapidly as a means of exchange on the internet

Business mentoring: are two heads really better than one?

Conflict is inevitable – every enthusiastic apprentice will have his or her own way of doing things

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Ketamine users describe the "K-Hole" in terms of heightened senses and an extreme sense of decelerated physical motion. photograph: getty images
It's hard to dig out of a 'K-Hole'
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  • February 19, 2013, 00:00

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