The “beep test”, a standard aerobic fitness measure used for prospective firefighters and Gardaí for the last 40 years, has been all over the news in the past few days. This is after Cork Fire Brigade ...

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Cork Fire Brigade to pay €4,000 for gender discrimination and a further €4,000 for age discrimination to Terézia Foott The "beep test", a standard aerobic ...

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It follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Úna Glazier-Farmer finding that the City Council discriminated against Terézia Foott on the grounds of gender and age when applying the ...

Cork City Council has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to an unsuccessful female 43-year old fire-fighter job applicant due to a discriminatory ‘one size fits all’ beep fitness tests for ...

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When it comes to hot dogs, Costco’s $1.50 beef glizzy is the undisputed king of the food court, but a new competitor has arrived to take the crown. Hot dogs are nothing new to IKEA’s menu. When you’re ...

A new study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, along with Oslo University Hospital in Norway, may have discovered a way to detect biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease in the blood up to ...