The future of automation in the workplace was glimpsed at the recent UCD Innovation Week, where 200 students from 26 countries met Pepper, a humanoid robot and the first in the world to read emotions and develop empathy.

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Former employees of a scandal-hit charity founded by U2 singer Bono have warned that more serious revelations of mismanagement and bullying have yet to be made public.

Great strides are being made to close the tech sector’s gender gap, but, as with many other industries, parity remains a long way off.

American firms dominate a list of companies which workers would recommend to a friend, with Facebook rated the best, new research shows.

Amsterdam is seeking to lure companies and the European Medicines Agency as Brexit drives them away from London, even as a Dutch cap on bank bonuses keeps financial firms away.

Environmental champions who have changed the toilet- flushing habits of hundreds of people and improved water quality in a scenic bay have been honoured for protecting the Irish coastline.

Any probe into Microsoft’s proposed $26.2bn (€23.2bn) acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn, announced early last week, is likely to focus on the tie-up’s potential to leverage vast amounts of user data, the EU’s anti-competitive chief said yesterday.

One of the main beneficiaries in the recovery of the Irish property market looks set to be the real estate investment trusts (REIT), who are poised to pick up Nama’s best assets.

A company which “adds intelligence to everyday things”, allowing users of its product to control daily activities via their smartphones, has won this year’s Electric Ireland Spark of Genius award.

CONFLICTING signs about the state of health of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ireland are continuing to emerge.

Salesforce.com has announced that it has broken the 4,000 customer mark.