Gerard O Neill
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Irish consumers back availability of 5G – survey
- Technology
- December 6, 2020, 15:40
The majority of Irish consumers back the widespread availability of 5G in Ireland by 2025, a new study has revealed. According to a study carried ou(...)

Failure to invest in 5G could result in €12.6bn economic loss - study
- Technology
- October 28, 2020, 12:02
Failure to invest in 5G technology could result in a €12.6 billion economic loss over the next decade, according to a new study. The study, which has(...)

Public has limited sympathy for children locked in poverty
- Social Affairs
- December 21, 2019, 06:00
We like to think of ourselves as a generous nation that is more sympathetic than most to the plight of those locked in poverty. But are we really? In(...)

20 years of Aldi in Ireland: How discount supermarkets changed the way we shop
- Food & Drink
- November 2, 2019, 06:00
The german supermarkets were initially greeted with a mix of suspicion and confusion, which gradually gave way to acceptance, all while changing th(...)

Where will humans live if Earth becomes uninhabitable?
- Innovation
- September 19, 2019, 02:38
Life in a distant future as imagined by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be, in many ways, like life today. People will socialise, commute to work and h(...)

Online shopping after Brexit: Higher prices, slower deliveries
- Consumer
- March 9, 2019, 06:00
Rocketing prices, customs hold-ups, delivery delays, obstacles to returning unwanted purchases and a dramatic curtailment in the retail choices and ri(...)

Whitey Bulger: a saga of Irish brotherhood and brutality
- US
- October 30, 2018
James “Whitey” Bulger, the South Boston mobster and FBI informer who was captured after 16 years on the run and finally brought to justice in 2013 for(...)

Going donuts: Are Irish consumers having a sugar rush of spending?
- Irish News
- October 8, 2018, 00:49
Signs of madness in the crowd – when the twin forces of greed and folly fuse – can be used by economists to predict a crash. More than 400 years ago,(...)

Irish attitudes to cryptocurrencies shifting ‘from suspicion to curiosity’
- Technology
- June 11, 2018, 05:45
New research obtained by The Irish Times suggests about 120,000 people in Ireland own a cryptocurrency, a 300 per cent increase in the last four years(...)

Child abuse victims challenge Irish view of ECHR ruling
- Social Affairs
- November 22, 2017, 17:27
“I still remember the black-frocked men chasing me down the corridors, and then into cloakrooms or swimming pools... That’s not what school should be (...)