Approx. time: 30 min

Irish Independent - Sinead Ryan - 18 April 2026 What happens when your polite and respectful attempts to put things right fall on deaf ears?

Approx. time: 30 min

Irish Independent - Geraldine Herbert - 16 April 2026 Ireland is one of the easiest places in Europe to start a business. It is also one of the most likely places to watch that business fail. Registering a company here takes a morning. Navigating the network of grants, loans and enterprise supports can take considerably longer and mistakes made can significantly lower the chances of success.

Approx. time: 40 min

Irish Independent - Kevin Galvin - 26 April 2026 Tariff concerns are pushing these Cork firms to build American manufacturing bases with record Irish FDI in the US last year

Approx. time: 30 min

Irish Times - Emmett Malone - 26 April 2026 Complaints made to WRC in 2025 saw 52% increase on previous year’s tally of 622

Approx. time: 30 min

Irish Independent - John Reynolds - 19 April 2026 Bord na Móna (BnM) looks to be primed to become the major player in a potential radical transformation of swathes of the midlands under policies being drawn up to combine windfarms, data centres and manufacturing facilities in so-called ‘energy-parks’.

Approx. time: 30 min

Conduct a Force Field Analysis on school scenario.

Approx. time: 30 min

Case Study about Ryanair work culture in areas of work practices, pay and workload. Offer solutions; Summarise current culture; Outline effects of changing current practices on future culture.

Approx. time: 25 min

How Great Leaders Inspire Action. Video & Worksheet Activity.

Approx. time: 25 min

Irish Independent - Adrian Weckler - 26 March 2026 Dodgy-box end users face legal action from Sky for the first time, the broadcaster has told the High Court. Sky has obtained the names, addresses and bank details of 304 dodgy-box subscribers from a court case against a distributor of the services.

Approx. time: 15 min

Irish Independent - Adrian Weckler - 26 March 2026 One in three traders incorrectly displays discounts online during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to an investigation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the European Commission and European consumer authorities.

How Managers/Employees can improve their Communication based on examples from the workplace.

Approx. time: 20 min

Chapter 14 LO:14.7 Explain what is meant by human capital management and outline how the organisational environment is a factor in its development. CASE STUDY: CASTLE LESLIE https://greatplacetowork.ie/resources/putting-people-first-in-hospitality-castle-leslie-estates-story In groups of 3–4, students discuss and prepare a short answer to: Discussion prompts: 1. What human capital management practices does Castle Leslie Estate use? o Think of recruitment, training, development, employee wellbeing. 2. How has the organisational environment helped these practices succeed? o Consider culture, communication, leadership, recognition, and trust. Each group writes two clear examples of HCM and one sentence explaining how the organisational environment supported each example.

Approx. time: 10 min

Lidl Ireland is laying claim to Ireland’s first net zero energy supermarket. RTIH (Retail) Magazine - 10 Nov 2025 The new location in Maynooth, Co. Kildare is pitched as a huge step forward on its Road to Zero journey – combining forward thinking design, renewable energy generation and the most advanced sustainability features ever implemented in a Lidl store.

Approx. time: 15 min

Agriland magazine - Frances McDonnell - 25 Frb 2026 Jumbo Supermarkets told Agriland that it is in the process of "establishing a fully Dutch beef supply chain".

Approx. time: 20 min

Irish Independent - Adrian Weckler - The shadow economy causes great concern. The proliferation of dodgy boxes in Ireland, and politicians’ acceptance of that, now threaten the future of the Irish television industry.

Approx. time: 20 min