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A Garda has told of his terror after being confronted and attacked by an out-of-control shoplifter who punched him and tried to choke him in a headlock.
A Garda was kicked in the chest, wrestled to the ground and then had his neck squeezed in a headlock when he went to arrest a man who had stolen a backpack-full of alcohol.
It comes following a massive rise in the number of people working from home during the pandemic. According to the latest CSO labour force survey, the numbers reporting their home as the primary place of work had risen from less than 5% before the pandemic to almost 28% by November. Tanaiste and Enterprise Minister Leo Varadkar has said up to 10,000 co-working and incubation spaces are planned for regional locations around the country over the next three years in a move to help start-ups and employees engage in smart work measures. A report arising out of the public consultation on remote work...
Leo Varadkar (Julien Behal Photography/PA) Many employees across the county who have embraced remote working are adapting their property for a better life-work balance. The past few months have been a boom time for builders who specialise in garden offices and log cabins, with many companies booked up for months. Shomera, one of the country’s oldest suppliers of purpose-built garden rooms, confirmed it has a waiting list until the end of October.. Ahead of reopening this week, Timber Living Log Cabins in Carlow said customers who place an order now will have to wait until at least the end o...