Staying with the Irish Examiner, the paper reports that the Government is "to be pushed to establish a special review body “as a matter of urgency” to halt the exodus of highly-skilled technicians leaving the military for better pay in the private sector."
In the Irish Times, Carl O'Brien leads the front page with news that teachers could lose up to 5% of pay due under public service deals if "they fail to co-operate with controversial Leaving Cert reforms."
Sticking with academia, the Irish Times also has a front page story on plans for the State will co-fund salaries for top academics as part of a scheme to poach overseas talent for Irish universities, under plans going to the Cabinet today: "The effort is expected to target, among others, disillusioned academics in the United States who have lost financial backing due to interventions by the Trump administration."
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Everybody has a dark side, but comparing someone at work to the Star Wars villain Darth Vader is “insulting” and “upsetting” according to the findings of a recent employment tribunal in the UK. An NHS blood donation worker was awarded almost £30,000 following an incident in which her co-worker took a Star Wars-themed psychological test, on her behalf, subsequently telling colleagues she fell into Darth Vader’s 'category.'
Viewers of Andor will know that the villainy of the Empire knows few boundaries but, even by the Empire's standards, that's pretty nasty stuff.
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