Are we guilty of buying ‘fast’ tech?

The deposit return scheme for cans and bottles has promised to roll out more bulk reverse vending machines by the end of the year.The regular return machines that launched with the scheme required people to return their bottles and cans one at a time to get their deposits back.Th ...  Show more

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after a house fire in Waterford city claimed the lives of two adults and two children.The four family members died, and two other children were left critically injured following an alleged arson attack on their home in the early hours o ...  Show more

A lot of full-time jobs in the modern economy simply don't pay a living wage. And even those jobs may be obliterated by new technologies. What's to be done so that financially vulnerable people aren't just crushed? It may finally be time for an idea that economists have promot ...

From April, 2.7 million workers will get one of the biggest pay rises in UK history as the National Living Wage rises to £11.44 an hour. But will they feel better off?It's 25 years since the National Minimum Wage was introduced. During that time it's credited with putting billion ...  Show more

From April, 2.7 million workers will get one of the biggest pay rises in UK history as the National Living Wage rises to £11.44 an hour. But will they feel better off?It's 25 years since the National Minimum Wage was introduced. During that time it's credited with putting billion ...  Show more

Guest: Monte McNaughton, Ontario Labour Minister The last two years of this pandemic hit everyone differently. It is undeniable that its impacts were not equitable and those with precarious jobs — including frontline essential workers — paid the most disproportionate price. Now t ...  Show more