A ‘fourth industrial revolution’ is on the way that could lead to millions of job losses in Europe and the developing world, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Luddites were 19th century English textile workers who feared technology would end their trade. The term is used to describe people who resist change.

A telephone in Castletownshend is testament to the notion of the common good, writes Órla O’Donovan

The independent Government-appointed body that probed electronic voting may have breached its terms of references by sending its report to the Minister for the Environment four days before the Ceann Comhairle received it, it was claimed tonight.