Shauna Bowers

Shauna Bowers

Shauna Bowers is a reporter for The Irish Times.

Lack of appropriate care placements leave some children in unsafe situations

Governance, management and resourcing of children’s services require further improvement, Hiqa says

Covid hospital numbers increase by two-thirds over past two weeks

Health officials say hospital system is under ‘considerable pressure’ as two sub-lineages gain dominance

‘Every day is different, I don’t see myself getting bored anytime soon’

Graduate profile: Lisa Barry talks about her experience on the PwC graduate programme.

Take-home alcohol sales 11% higher than pre-pandemic levels despite minimum unit pricing

Analysts say more time needed to isolate effect of new legislation from pandemic and cost-of-living factors

Ireland’s alcohol prices: People from Republic travelling to North’s off-licences and spending ‘up to €3,000’ at a time

Mixed views on minimum unit pricing since its introduction, but those around the Border notice biggest change

A selection of popular graduate programmes

Grad schemes are aiming to attract the best and brightest talent

‘The outcome certainly bore fruit’

Graduate profile: Bonga Dlamini O’Carroll completed the Accounting Technicians Ireland apprenticeship

‘My only advice is to go for it!’

Graduate profile: Yanyan Zhang talks about the EY graduate programme

‘I learn something new every week on the job’

Graduate profile: Nicola McGloughlin talks about her experience on the Aldi graduate programme.

‘We are constantly being offered different learning opportunities and training modules’

Graduate profile: Molly Sheridan talks about her experience on the Deloitte graduate programme

‘The graduate programme is a very popular career starter’

Graduate profile: Lorna McGuinness talks about the KPMG graduate programme

‘If you have a passion for technology, let that show in your application’

Graduate profile: Sarah Whelan talks about the Accenture graduate programme she took part in.

‘I spent my first two years in Thailand’

Graduate profile: Kacey Maher talks about her experience on the Jameson graduate programme

Complaints about legal practitioners rose by 12% last year

Almost half of the complaints were closed because they were deemed ‘inadmissible’

Rising Covid-19 cases set to put increased pressure on hospitals, Holohan warns

It comes as the number of patients in hospital with the virus has risen to 515