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Business as usual in public sector during pandemic
- Sponsored
- December 18, 2020, 00:00
One of the most remarkable features of life during the pandemic has been how amazingly normal it has been. All of those things we take for granted in (...)

It’s lit: Irish candlemakers boom through lockdown gloom
- Interiors
- December 5, 2020, 06:00
Candles have long been a comfort in our homes and a signal of community in our windows. They are all about light and symbolism, so it’s no wonder Irel(...)

We are Solitary exhibition: The art of enforced loneliness
- Social Affairs
- November 19, 2020, 21:09
An exhibition that almost did not happen, exploring our need for connectedness at a time of enforced solitude, opens at the Rua Red gallery in Tallagh(...)

Covid-19 in a cramped inner-city flat: ‘It felt like the walls were closing in’
- Social Affairs
- October 27, 2020, 01:50
Sinéad O’Brien still becomes upset when remembering isolating with her family – including her husband and two children – for 14 days in March in their(...)

Cork student wins Dyson award for conservation beehive project
- Innovation
- September 17, 2020, 05:30
Niamh Damery, a 22-year-old student from Cork, has been announced as the national winner of the James Dyson Award for a project that attempts to solve(...)

Two Irish entrepeneurs shortlisted for leading innovators prize
- Innovation
- July 10, 2020, 17:01
Two Irish entrepreneurs have been shortlisted for prestigious European Union-backed innovation prizes. Dr Anita Finnegan, founder of Nova Leah, is am(...)

When running a business is child’s play
- Sponsored
- July 8, 2020, 00:00
Ever thought of going into a business where most of your customers are children? It really can be child’s play, according to successful entrepreneurs (...)

Blade runner: The knife maker with a nine month waiting list
- People
- May 16, 2020, 06:00
Hugo Byrne goes slowly. Otherwise the blade might lose its temper. Thoughts of sharp objects losing their tempers could lead you to worry about bloody(...)

Inspiring educators: How coronavirus has given us a new appreciation of teachers
- Education
- May 12, 2020, 00:00
Homeschooling has given us all a new appreciation of teachers – with both parents and pupils missing the múinteoirs. Since Covid-19 school closures, (...)

Word perfect: The Irish county with its own typeface
- Art & Design
- April 18, 2020, 00:01
Can you create a typeface specifically for a county? One that would capture the essence of the region: its people, landscape, complex past and future (...)