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Burnout is only the beginning

Opinion, Personal, Print

Burnout is only the beginning

Are you feeling a bit wrecked? Sleeping badly? Suffering from poor digestion? These symptoms and others are now recognised by the WHO as signs of burnout. Burnout, I hear you scoff! I’m not some 80s Wall Street trader, up all night snorting cocaine and roaring at people on the trading floor all day! Or a life [...]

2019-06-06T08:10:33+00:00 June 6th, 2019|Categories: Opinion, Personal, Print|Tags: capitalism, economy, employment, entrepreneurship, flexible work, four day week, fulfilment, Gordon Gekko, growth, hustle, jacinda ardern, John Maynard Keynes, Sheryl Sandberg, Steve Jobs, sustainability, the daily grind, work, work-life balance, working week|

Telling the truth is a no-no in Irish politics

Opinion

Telling the truth is a no-no in Irish politics

It’s a truth rarely acknowledged in Irish politics that, well, the truth is rarely acknowledged in Irish politics. Families are ‘hardworking’, even those who aren’t. All pensioners are lonely and impoverished. The middle classes are ‘squeezed’, even when they demonstrably are well able to afford two cars and three holidays a year. The over 70s [...]

2018-01-25T18:00:02+00:00 January 25th, 2018|Categories: Opinion|Tags: bank of mum and dad, building, capitalism, class, deposit, Hilary Quinn, houses, housing market, inherited wealth, Leo Varadkar, middle class, mortgage rules, mortgages, property ladder, social housing, society, The Herald, Winning Streak, young people|