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Saturday 19 September 2020
Ireland’s young athletes took top honours in Portugal.
Never meet you heroes – unless your Derval O’Rourke and Roy Keane.
In a field with record numbers, the course records in both the men’s and women’s Dublin Marathon are broken.
An American engineer discovers how marathon runners – including the 13,000 in Dublin tomorrow – can avoid burnout.
London 2012 unveil “the daddy of all ticketing strategies”
After 100m ‘winner’ Damola Osayomi and hurdler Samuel Okon, now Folashade Abugan fails a steroid test.
Walker Rani Yadav becomes the third athlete suspended over doping after testing positive for Nandrolene.
Nigeria’s Damola Osayomi – who won the women’s 100m – has tested positive for banned stimulants.
Sally Pearson wins gold at the Commonwealth Games but is disqualified hours later after England protest.
The Commonwealth Games hit another snag: a fifth of English swimmers have an upset stomach and blame the pool.
Further woes for organisers of Games in Delhi as athletics track isn’t ready and hockey team made play in 80% humidity.
Games officials enlist the help of Langur monkeys as problems with packs of wild monkeys grow.
The first English athletes arrive at the Commonwealth Games accommodation having spent the weekend in hotels.
Mike Fennell says he has been encouraged by recent improvements but more work is needed.
Two countries confirm they will attend troubled Games as athletes begin to arrive.
Northern Ireland could withdraw from troubled Games, despite urging from all quarters to participate.
The organising committee of the already ill-fated games apologises for the ‘collective failure’ over living conditions.
A day after the Scottish team turns down the accommodation in Delhi, the roof collapses just 11 days before the games.
All the sport that’s fit to watch.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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