Video response: Carl Austin and Tara Flynn. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

When Carl Austin was racially abused in Kinsale recently, his wife, the comedian Tara Flynn, decided to send up Irish bigotry in a(...)

Fans enjoying the Forbidden Fruit festival at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham at the weekend. Photograph: Cyril Byrne /Irish Times

Crowds arrive for second day of Forbidden Fruit music festival

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Two weeks ago we asked you to share your internship experiences – good and bad, paid and unpaid, exploitative and rewarding. This (...)

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One step at a time: in the US there is an expectation of starting at the bottom and working your way up through an internship. Photograph: Goodluz/iStock/Getty

In the home of interning, unpaid placements are embedded in workplace culture. Is that Ireland’s future too?

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