Melinda Gates
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Lustful leaders: The good, the bad and the narcissistic
- Work
- November 6, 2020, 05:13
Liz Herring was a driven debater. At school, she carted around a metal box of index cards so she could swot up on topics between classes. A debate tea(...)

Covid-19 turns WHO into battleground for superpower rivalry
- Europe
- May 5, 2020, 01:00
The Covid-19 pandemic is turning the World Health Organisation (WHO) into a battleground for superpower rivalry between Beijing and Washington. Though(...)

Planet Business: Sky taxis take off and why our seafood profits are anything but fishy
- Economy
- March 16, 2018, 07:30
In numbers: Fishy business €1.15 billion Value of Ireland’s seafood sector in 2017, taking it past €1 billion for the first time, according a report(...)

Irish tech firms make their mark at the ever-growing SXSW event
- Innovation
- March 15, 2018, 06:43
Critics of the SXSW event usually point to the fact that it has grown too big for any one start-up, organisation or even country to make its presence (...)

Mark Zuckerberg sold nearly $500m in Facebook stock last month
- Technology
- March 1, 2018, 17:08
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sold nearly $500 million (€409 million) in the company’s shares in February to fund his philanthropic investm(...)

Jeff Bezos moved into philanthropy with a single tweet - followed by 42,000 more
- Companies
- June 22, 2017, 17:36
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has remained largely invisible in the world of philanthropy. That changed last week in a single tweet - followed by 42,000 more. (...)

Bill Gates shares his one regret with new college graduates
- Education
- May 16, 2017, 21:20
Bill Gates, most recently named the richest man in the world for the third year in a row, has taken to Twitter to share some life advice with new coll(...)

The great innovation debate: has the revolution stalled?
- Innovation
- February 16, 2017, 05:55
Less than two decades into the new millennium, humanity is building new technologies with seemingly limitless practical applications. Yet in The Rise(...)

Five things you need to know today
- Irish News
- November 23, 2016, 07:57
1. Almost third of symphysiotomy claims unfounded, report says Over 30 per cent of applications to the Government’s symphysiotomy redress scheme we(...)

Obama praises Ellen DeGeneres for carrying ‘incredible burden’
- US
- November 23, 2016
US President Barack Obama paid tribute to comedian Ellen DeGeneres as he awarded her the nation’s highest civilian honour saying she risked her caree(...)