The battle to acquire the best talent

What are firms doing to ensure they get, and keep, the right staff?

Buying into vision is key to success

Leinster rugby continually sets targets, says head of rugby operations Guy Easterby

Workplace of the future

Flexibility means hot-desking, remote working, smart technology and inverted management hierarchies

Religious education: ‘I don’t know anybody who teaches the RE requirement’

As a proposed curriculum for religion, beliefs and ethics at primary level is circulated for consultation, what is the state of play with religious education in schools?

The religious and lay of the land: school ethos in flux

The departure of teaching religious from education has been dramatic. What is the impact on ethos at a time of social change?

The Pricewatch five-grand challenge: cut your holiday costs

Our five-grand challenge – which tells consumers how to save more than €5,000 a year – ends today with advice on cutting holiday costs. Read the full series on irishtimes.com. It is also the last chance to win €5,000 in our related competition (see Monday’s paper)

The Pricewatch five-grand challenge: easy money that almost nobody avails of

Shopping around for insurance is one of the easiest ways to save, yet very few do it. It’s part three of the series that shows you how to save €5,000 a year. You could also win €5,000 in our related competition (see Monday’s paper)

Institutes or technical universities?

The Technological University Bill has sparked debate about what Institutes of Technology are, what they may become, and how this could affect the third-level sector

The people in the news

Are we getting back to work?

Unemployment is at its lowest for three years. Does this signal a resurgence in the job market or is it just that people are emigrating or joining one of the Government’s job schemes?

Finding the right fix to treat addiction

Whether you are treated in private or public, or are rich or poor, it is questionable whether Ireland has enough options for tackling the amount of addiction