The “always-on” nature of Facebook, Twitter and email is wreaking havoc on Irish relationships as couples forget how to engage in one-to -one communication, according to research.

The Government will be making the same mistakes as Britain and the US if it brings in legislation to give co-habiting couples the same rights as married couples, Cardinal Sean Brady warned today.

A social revolution is rapidly changing the way Irish people work, rest and play, it was claimed today.

MANAGEMENT thought guru, Charles Handy, will be the keynote speaker at the it@cork national conference on November 30.

JUST like Christmas, Paddy’s Day seems to be arriving earlier and earlier every year.