Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
Positive employment numbers here contrast with lacklustre data for euro area as a whole. Ireland’s jobless rate hit a new eight-year low of 8.6 per cent last month as conditions in the wider economy continue to improve. However, the pick-up in employment here constrasted with lacklustre growth numbers from the euro area as a […]
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Two men from Skegness, Lincolnshire, who took photographs of themselves stealing thousands of pounds from gambling machines, have been sentenced by a judge at Bradford Crown Court. Benjamin Robinson, 30, was jailed for 32 months, while Daniel Hutchinson was given a six-month suspended sentence after they admitted taking the cash. Armed robber Andrew Hennells […]
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In these five lucky places, the sun can shine more than 90% of the time. Ranked by the World Meteorological Organization, the sunniest places on Earth are concentrated heavily in the southwestern United States, northern and western Australia, South Africa, northern Africa and the Middle East. Many of these desert regions are sparsely inhabited. Phoenix, Arizona, […]
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From early times to the end of the 19th Century Ireland is unique in having a musical instrument, the harp, as its national emblem. From antiquity to its decline in the early nineteenth century the harp was at the social centre of Ireland. Up to at least the seventeenth century harpists enjoyed a high status […]
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FC Barcelona – Atletico Madrid: Only barely winning over PSV Eindhoven in the previous game of The Champions League in the penalty shootout, Atletico lost the following game against Gijon only to score an easy 5:1 victory over Betis Sevilla at the weekend. Atletico had very bad luck, recently losing their whole central defense due […]
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According to Eurostat, these are Scandinavian countries and Switzerland. You don’t want to go there if you have a salary from your own country. All Scandinavian countries are in the top ten. These stats were published by Finnish Central Statistical Office. The prices of 2500 products were compared. Switzerland is the first and Norway is […]
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The Sunday Times published the article in which they claimed that London-based private doctor Mark Bonar prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs to over 150 British athletes including footballers. Arsenal said they were “extremely disappointed” by the publication of the claims, “which are without foundation”. Chelsea added that the claims were “false and entirely without foundation” […]
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Sign the petition to support Au Pairs in Ireland. Do you remember the Spanish girl who sued her host family and obtained almost 10.000 euro back? Fine, from that moment the Au pair community has been talking about their rights, and what they expected after this win. AuPairWorld started a petition to obtain […]
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Guns N’ Roses’ “classic” line-up played their first gig together in 23 years at LA’s Troubadour club on Friday night. It was the first time since july 1993 when the frontman Axl Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan have performed together on-stage. This was the setlist : It’s So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, Chinese Democracy, […]
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