Shana Cohen

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Grassroots activities and locally focused attitudes show how American democracy can and will regenerate. Photograph: Ellen M Banner/Seattle Times
Hope gleams in America’s scarred democracy

During the night and the morning after the US presidential election this week, my family and friends shot each other text messages, sharing our dismay(...)

Researchers found that despite the higher salaries of the top 10 per cent in Ireland compared to the other three countries, high earners in the State are more likely to feel insecure about their financial stability. File photograph: iStock
Ireland’s top earners ‘do not see themselves as rich’, study finds

The top earners in Ireland do not see themselves as rich and feel more insecure about their financial stability than their counterparts in other Europ(...)

According to the report average life expectancy in Ireland is 81.5 years, one of the highest in the EU.
Health inequality hitting middle earners, EU study shows
  • Health
  • November 2, 2018, 07:49

Ireland’s two-tiered health system may be contributing to disparities between high and low income earners when accessing healthcare, according to a ne(...)