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House prices were up a whopping 16.3% in Ireland at the end of 2014...

… giving us easily the largest increases seen across the EU last year.

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Apr 15th 2015, 4:51 PM

Watching Google's new robot dog get kicked is oddly unsettling

‘Spot’, the latest four-legged robot from Google-owned Boston Dynamics, is able to regain its balance after being kicked or shoved.

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Feb 10th 2015, 8:30 PM

The 11 characteristics of being hungover at work

You’ve made a terrible mistake.

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Jan 17th 2014, 1:00 PM