Ireland’s acute housing shortage is adding to problems faced by larger firms as they try to lure talent from abroad, according to the head of the country’s state agency for business. “It’s a big pinch point,” Enterprise Ireland CEO Leo Clancy said.

The number of people struggling to cover their basic living expenses increased in 2022 by 150,000 to 860,000, or 17.2% of the population, and two thirds were working adults

Irish Rail's statutory release of data shows a 6.3% hourly wage gap in favour of female workers

Ireland has the highest rate of low pay among western EU states, a problem more acute for migrant workers, women, younger and older workers. But Ireland has two untapped labour sources to help respond to the challenge, writes Maeve O'Sullivan

A number of participating firms reported an increase in revenue and reduced energy usage while participating in the trial

The Higher Education Authority's Graduate Outcomes Survey found a predicted gender pay gap among undergraduate and postgraduate students

One couple who worked in the shops are owed approximately €1,500 in unpaid wages and holiday pay alone.

Butcher's Block workers in Douglas and Blackpool were also informed they would not receive any redundancy pay

It seems that this is the drill: Get lucky, get famous, lose contact with the real world, make crazy damaging decisions, make an 'apology' without making amends. Repeat.

As the tech bloodbath continues, Alan Healy looks at the implications for Ireland

Tech sector

The lack of homes is impacting expansion plans for many firms, said Michelle Aylward

By law, the Department of Enterprise is supposed to be informed of widespread layoffs at large firms — but the minister, Leo Varadkar, received no such notice about Twitter job cuts

The social media platform temporarily shut its offices worldwide on Friday including its European headquarters in Dublin

Twitter, Stripe, and Intel have all made stark announcements about significant job cuts recently

On measures other than GDP, the economy is close to a reduction in output

The strong job market is good for workers but bad for inflation, signalling to the world’s central banks that they cannot ease up

IrishJobs.ie warned that economic headwinds could create a challenging environment for employers which may slow job creation.

Bank of Ireland's new policy — announced during Menopause Awareness Week — ought to inspire other employers too

However, three quarters of respondents to the African Professional Network of Ireland survey feel their sector to be supportive of inclusion and diversity

RTÉ wants staff incorrectly categorised as freelance to agree to an indemnity from future legal action, as well as the gagging clause preventing them disclosing their final agreement to any third party

Not many Leaving Cert students sit the exam while contending with premature twins

The Labour Court has overturned a €93,498 discrimination award made to a deputy primary school principal.

The IDA reported in June that Ireland had experienced a 9% increase in inward investment for the first six months of this year, marking the highest ever increase in  foreign direct investment, or FDI, in the State.

Ireland's inflation rate was 9.6% in July, according to Eurostat’s latest figures. As employees look for bigger salaries, they are also reducing their spending

The AIB survey of purchasing managers working in the services industry showed that the growth was led by financial services firms, and came as companies passed on costs to their customers in higher prices

The report also said poor digital skills are affecting their ability to access other services, which may affect their employability in future

Writing in the Irish Examiner on the Julian Assange case (‘Freedom of the press in grave danger as world turns back on Julian Assange’, June 26), Mick Clifford recognised I’ve invested “huge time” on behalf of Assange, only to speculate this is ...

Since 2001, the amount of years of our lives we’ll spend working has increased by more than five years

She appealed the original dismissal, but the hearing was conducted by her boss and took just one minute, the WRC was told.

The Eurozone economy is close to stagflation, with inflation of over 6% forecast, but a number of factors support growth

Michael Smyth, president of Forsa, asked delegates at the union’s conference in Kerry: “Why would we mindlessly return to clogging the roads between commuter towns and Irish cities with thousands upon thousands of private cars?”

Fears have been growing that a potential slump in consumer spending as the war helps drive inflation to its highest for many decades could lead to stagflation 

Of those, 48% felt stuck in a rut while 37% said they were not being paid enough

Core Funding is a radical and welcome new model which frames early child education and care as a public good, writes Sinéad Matson

Members of the Defences Forces will never down tools. This may be why they are badly treated in terms of pay and conditions, writes Defence Correspondent Sean O’Riordan

Once passed, it will mean that all employees will be entitled to a maximum of 10 sick days each year by 2026

P&O have put themselves beyond the pale with their illegal sacking of staff and replacement with workers earning below the minimum wage

Amid all the mayhem, and as we head towards some so-called normality, a TY student who totally gets it turns up...

St Patrick's Day ought to have signalled a return to normality — but war, inflation, and labour shortages mean that the tourism sector cannot absorb the planned Vat hike

International Women's Day employment survey reveals 'specific challenges women still face in the workplace'

As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and approach full employment, a shortage of skilled people could jeopardise Ireland's economic recovery

Poor rates of pay and precarious terms of employment are key causes of the difficulties some employers have attracting staff

More than 2.5m people are now working in the State, the highest figure recorded by the CSO