Hugh Carr

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  • Irish employers urged to consider reintroducing mask wearing and working from home

    Irish employers urged to consider reintroducing mask wearing and working from home

    The recommendation comes following an increase in Covid cases nationwide. Irish employers are being asked to consider carrying out a Covid risk assessment to identify where mask wearing and working from home could benefit workers. The recommendation comes from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Ireland (CIPD), a professional body for HR and people […]

    4 years ago

  • WATCH: Will Smith apologises for attacking Chris Rock during Oscar acceptance speech

    WATCH: Will Smith apologises for attacking Chris Rock during Oscar acceptance speech

    “Love will make you do crazy things.” In one of the most dramatic nights of television in years, Will Smith apologised for attacking Chris Rock while presenting an award at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday (27 March). The slap heard around the world came following a joke from Chris Rock about Jada Pinkett Smith’s […]

    4 years ago

  • Leo Varadkar rules out mandatory mask wearing in face of rising Covid cases

    Leo Varadkar rules out mandatory mask wearing in face of rising Covid cases

    Nurses have called for the return of mask wearing in indoor settings. Leo Varadkar has ruled out a return to mandatory mask wearing in indoor settings, despite rising Covid numbers across the country. The Tanáiste made the comments following news from the HSE that 23,702 positive PCR and antigen tests were reported on Tuesday (22 […]

    4 years ago

  • WATCH: Russian news editor arrested following anti-war protest live on air

    WATCH: Russian news editor arrested following anti-war protest live on air

    Her sign read “Stop the war / Don’t believe propaganda / They’re lying to you”. A Russian news editor has been arrested after she ran on screen during a broadcast protesting the invasion of Ukraine. Marina Ovsyannikova, a news editor at Government owned Channel One rushed on screen with a sign on Monday night (14 […]

    4 years ago