For The United Nations’ International Women’s Day today, we have a chart which shows where women have the best chances of being treated equally at work. It combines information on education, labour-force participation, salaries, child-care rates, maternity benefits, business-school students…
Former WTA Ratings leader Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. It is as surprising as annoying. A few months ago it was discovered that Russian athletes were using forbidden substances and disregarded regulations.…
They started in 2004, three years before the global crisis. Even though the economic situation in many European countries was better back then, the organisation called Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) had a lot to do anyway. Now, in the times…
Our job usually steals about 9 hours a day from us. It is more than we sleep or spend with our family or friends. That’s why it is very important to make the workplace as comfortable as possible. Here are…
There are only few countries in the world which didn’t have to fight for their independence. They are born under a lucky star but with thinner history books. In 1919, a war called the War of Independence began against…
A screwed off doorknob or Picasso’s ‘stay-home-day’ – many big thinkers and artist are not only genius but also have rituals to gain space for creativity. Everyone could learn from this. You didn’t leave behind a painting like Picasso? Your…
A new exhibition about Irish history is now possible to view in one of the most interesting cultural locations in Dublin. It is about “the 1916 Rising” as well as the Irish migrational past. Pathos of distance “In early 2015,…
The ex prime Italian minister announced that he is becoming vegetarian. Corriere della sera underlined the similarity between him and other famous vegetarians like Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is well known as the leader of Indian independence, the inspirer of civil…
The Davis Cup. One of the most important tennis trophies in the world – the only one where nation and teamwork means something. Great Britain is on a good way to defend the title this year. Yesterday, they won…
