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Employment

All time
dole scheme
Poll: Should dole payments be linked to a person's PRSI contributions?
11 Nov 2017
33.2k
237
Government
'I didn't realise it was inappropriate': Woman receives €7k after Halligan asked if she was married in job interview
8 Nov 2017
136k
54
Autism
'I consider myself a success, to someone else that might mean working four hours a week'
21 Oct 2017
21.8k
8
Jobseekers
Bring JobPath fraud claims to me and I'll investigate, says minister
7 Oct 2017
20.7k
28
Technology
Beyond Silicon Docks: How a hot market for tech jobs is driving hubs across rural Ireland
1 Sep 2017
5.6k
0
Growth
Ireland's 'lost decade' ends as domestic spending returns to Celtic Tiger peak
8 Aug 2017
37.1k
151
chewed out
Sacked shop worker wins €9,000 after row that started because he was chewing gum
23 Jul 2017
37.7k
20
Analysis
Starting salaries on the rise as graduate jobs market heats up
Mark Mitchell
13 Jul 2017
11.2k
18
Census
There are 79 unemployment blackspots in Ireland, with Limerick worst affected
15 Jun 2017
67.9k
84
column
Discrimination? 'Only 16% of people who are blind or vision impaired in Ireland are working'
Chris White
5 Jun 2017
5.2k
40
direct provision
Supreme Court says that ban on asylum seekers working is unconstitutional
30 May 2017
16.6k
155
working 9 to 5
Ireland is going to ban zero-hour contracts 'in most circumstances'
2 May 2017
35.0k
55
Unemployment
Community Employment places to be expanded as Varadkar calls them 'essential' and 'worthwhile'
7 Apr 2017
22.1k
38
millenials
11 reasons being a millennial is the absolute WORST
29 Mar 2017
11.3k
10
Hospitality
Why foreign students pay thousands of euro to learn how to make beds in Shannon
17 Mar 2017
37.1k
23
right to work
'Left behind': People with disabilities four times less likely to be employed
16 Mar 2017
7.4k
9
always on
Poll: Do you get dragged into doing work while off-duty?
19 Feb 2017
21.7k
47
Enterprise
Company that 'powers half of the world's busiest websites' is bringing 100 jobs to Cork
13 Feb 2017
12.6k
10
underemployment
Unemployment down but over 100,000 people now 'trapped' in part-time work
31 Jan 2017
10.9k
28
Lone Wolves
Young people view themselves as solo players at work
29 Jan 2017
17.0k
10
bricks to clicks
Amazon to create 100,000 full-time jobs in US in next 18 months
12 Jan 2017
16.8k
33
cranes in the sky
2016 was a good year for jobs, with a jump in construction roles
12 Jan 2017
9.4k
17
hard knock life
The 4 major life skills to learn by the time you are 18
3 Jan 2017
31.4k
34
FactCheck
FactCheck: You asked, we answered - "real unemployment"
1 Jan 2017
25.2k
58
moving on up
"I felt like I had a mountain to climb": How these young Dubliners got back to work
27 Nov 2016
18.1k
23
FactCheck
FactCheck: Do 700,000 jobs really depend on our "open access" to the EU
20 Nov 2016
20.4k
48
The Daily Poll
Poll: Would 'foreign workers list' make you less likely to work in UK?
5 Oct 2016
18.8k
101
Change generation
Decision time: How to decide on the career that's (hopefully) right for you
26 Sep 2016
16.7k
9
Capped Off
'The first Irish casualty of Brexit': 60 jobs lost in Tipperary as mushroom factory closes
31 Aug 2016
32.2k
73
Coming Home
Irish abroad: What are returning emigrants' greatest concerns?
23 Aug 2016
16.7k
44
Mean Everything To Nothing
Your boss can't make your work meaningful to you, but they can make you care less
11 Jun 2016
14.6k
13
rip jobbridge
'I believe that exploitation was rife in JobBridge': Former participants share their experience
29 May 2016
20.2k
52
education budget
'We've spent weeks wrestling with Irish Water - but there's a far bigger concern we need to focus on'
3 May 2016
14.4k
49
Out of control
Calls for 'exploitative' JobBridge to be scrapped after more revelations
24 Apr 2016
54.4k
117
fired
A cleaner who was sacked after burning toast wins €25k compensation
23 Apr 2016
43.6k
45
Every Worker Counts
Nearly 1,000 Tesco staff vote for industrial action
15 Apr 2016
16.0k
54
Opinion
Here are 5 tips to help you plan a career change in 2016
Cara O'Leary
8 Mar 2016
824
24
FactCheck
FactCheck: Exactly how good are the jobs created since 2011?
20 Feb 2016
26.3k
126
FactCheck
FactCheck: What effect does JobBridge and other schemes have on our unemployment rate?
14 Feb 2016
30.7k
97
Opinion
Losing a job is the single most negative event a person can experience
Eoghan McDermott
1 Feb 2016
2.3k
49
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