Organisation: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions

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<p>An analysis of European countries relating to environmental quality of life found that Ireland, along with Sweden and Finland, can attribute the fewest premature deaths to air pollution. Picture; David Creedon / Anzenberger</p>

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Ireland amongst best in EU for avoiding air pollution deaths

However, Ireland is one of the poorest performers in the EU at 'sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible'

<p>Eurofound figures showed that nearly a quarter of workers in the EU were exposed to high temperatures during at least a quarter of their working time. File photo: Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images</p>

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Worker health in danger from extreme weather

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18% of young people seriously deprived

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Ireland one of EU states where pay rates fall

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Republic’s workers put in fewer hours than EU peers

French lessons - Government can learn from Sarkozy

TIME WAS one of the great questions of the day was “Why is America not socialist?” The European left just could not understand, and in hindsight they might have been unnerved by, why the pre-eminent industrial society was capitalism’s greatest champion.

Wed, 21 Nov, 2007

Migrant workers exploited by ‘crooked’ employment agencies

SIPTU president Jack O’Connor has claimed there are 520 licensed employment agencies operating in Ireland and an unknown number based offshore supplying the country’s labour market.

Thu, 05 Apr, 2007

Irish workers have longest hours in EU

IT'S official - we're the hardest workers in the EU. Ireland now tops the EU league for the percentage of its labour force working up to 80 hours a week, more than double the average 37.4-hour week.

Mon, 27 Sep, 2004

Survey shows Irish feel safe as houses

FEELING safe in your bed at night is one of the good things about living in rural Ireland.

Thu, 10 Jun, 2004

Ireland’s birth rate highest in Europe

IRISH women are having more babies per capita than their European counterparts, despite having few financial incentives and poor childcare support, a survey has revealed.

Thu, 04 Mar, 2004

‘Minimum wage is a fortune to newcomers’

IRELAND’S modest minimum wage represents a fortune in the majority of the 10 accession countries due to join the European Union in May this year, a recent study shows.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2004

One in ten workers is bullied, claims survey

ONE in ten people is bullied, harassed or suffers physical violence at work, according to an EU-wide survey of the problem.

Thu, 06 Mar, 2003