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Illustrative example of fully-flexible difference-in-differences estimator. Credit: Heterogeneous Effects Of A Minimum Wage Increase On Hours Worked (2022). One in five of Ireland's 420,000 low paid workers are over 50 years old, according to a new report by UCD researchers. The study provides the first detailed look at Ireland's low…

Duran Duran has announced that the ‘Future Past’ tour will extend with five huge headline arena shows across the UK and Ireland in Spring 2023. The new shows will begin at Manchester’s AO Arena on 29th April, with dates at London’s The O2 Arena, Leeds’ First Direct Arena, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena, and the 3 Arena in Dublin. More activity is soon to be announced. Simon Le Bon said: “2022 has been an extraordinary year for Duran Duran – mainly down to the incredible fans we have around the world. In July we…

EasyGo, Ireland’s largest private EV charging network, today announced a new investment in DC fast chargers in towns and villages, and they’re going to be sited where old phone boxes used to be. Phone boxes became obsolete when mobile phones arrived. So Irish telecoms company Eir and EV charging network EasyGo started to replace phone boxes with Australia-based Tritium‘s EV chargers around two years ago. Oliver Loomes, CEO of Eir, said: In order for Ireland to move to greener electric…

Ireland has a strong pipeline of investments from foreign-owned multinationals and expects many positive announcements in the coming months, Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said, looking to ease fears around tech-sector jobs cuts. Ireland is hugely reliant on multinationals that employ over 275,000 people, or one in nine workers, and pay a large chunk of the country's income and corporate taxes. Jobs growth in the sector soared to record levels in the first half of 2022. However, digital payments firm Stripe and…

Researchers have created the most realistic reconstruction yet of how a vast ice sheet advanced across northwestern Europe starting about 31,000 years ago and then retreated into oblivion, exposing landmasses that today are Great Britain and Ireland. The detailed chronology could improve forecasts of melting ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, which could devastate coastal regions around the world. The detailed new history of the ice sheet is “extremely…

Bradley Williams "absolutely hated" his first job after graduating from college.The 28-year-old said the office environment wasn't for him — and he quit in three months.Williams' girlfriend, Cazzy Magennis, had just finished her degree at the University of Exeter, where they met. While their friends were starting their careers in London, Williams and Magennis were unfazed by the social pressures to settle into corporate jobs.Instead, they decided to backpack to South America, they told CNBC.An incredible four months…

Paramore are heading to the UK and Ireland for a tour in April 2023 it has been announced. In support of their upcoming sixth album ‘This is Why’ the tour will kick off in Dublin before making stops in Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Birmingham. They will be joined by special guests Bloc Party. Fans can pre-order any ‘This is Why’ album format from the UK store to gain early access to the UK tour tickets and the exclusive opportunity to purchase a limited amount of early entry tickets to the shows. If…

Google India was granted relief on Friday as the Income Tax Appellate Authority (ITAT) said the payments made by the company to Google Ireland between 2007-08 and 2012-13 were not royalties and were hence not subject to withholding tax. The Bengaluru-bench of the ITAT passed the ruling after re-examining the matter on the orders of the Karnataka High Court. The case relates to whether payments totalling Rs 1,457 crore made by Google India to Google Ireland is a royalty and whether the tax was to be withheld in India.The…

Due to developing regulations in the EU regarding uncrewed aviation regulations, today drone delivery company Wing announced a new service area in Lusk, Ireland that is slated to begin sometime in the coming weeks.  Currently, Wing offers drone deliveries in four other cities (Christiansburg, Virginia; Helsinki, Finland; and Logan and Canberra, Australia), with Lusk, Ireland soon to be the fifth. Wing says it chose Ireland as its next area of operation because the country has embraced drone technology and looks to be a…

This image shows waters off the coast of Orkney, an archipelago north of the Scottish mainland that's home to the European Marine Energy Centre.Capchure | Moment | Getty ImagesA 19.6 million euro (around $19.3 million) initiative centered around commercializing large-scale wave energy projects will be officially launched later on Wednesday, in a move that marks another step forward for the emerging sector.The collaboration, called WEDUSEA, involves 14 partners from academia and industry, with funding coming from Innovate…