The Irish Times

The best business books to get you through the lockdown

Catch up on your reading with new business books and the golden oldies that never go out of fashion

Fri Apr 10 2020 - 05:00

This world is just not designed for women

Andrew Hill: ‘Pink it, shrink it and make it a bit crap’

Mon Dec 09 2019 - 12:44

The world has been designed by men, for men, and women have had enough

Smartphones too big for women’s hands, seatbelts couldn't have been designed by anyone with breasts

Sat Apr 06 2019 - 06:00

Margaret Thatcher on the new £50 note? Time for some Irish banknote nostalgia

The former British PM may be a woman of note, but putting her face on one is asking for trouble

Fri Nov 30 2018 - 05:00

First statue of a woman unveiled at London’s Parliament Square

Statue of activist Millicent Fawcett marks 100 years since women got right to vote in UK

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 20:23

Writer urges users of ‘big data’ to consider impact on women

Caroline Criado-Perez targeted online after campaign to get woman’s face on banknote

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 06:56

What can we do about masculinity in crisis?

Broadside: the online war of the sexes has developed into a weapons-grade conflict

Mon Jul 11 2016 - 01:00

Cantillon: Microsoft AI bot runs amok on Twitter

AI had gone down an unexpected route, sympathising with Hitler, denying the Holocaust, and using racist and sexist language

Thu Mar 31 2016 - 01:00

Planet Business

‘Tubmans’, Tim Armstrong, baking at Ballymount with Enda and the week in drones

Fri May 15 2015 - 01:25

Twitter CEO admits company ‘sucks’ at dealing with trolls

Company strikes deal with Google for tweets to show up in searches

Thu Feb 05 2015 - 13:33

Man jailed over Twitter threats to rape London MP

Peter Nunn retweeted posts threatening to rape Stella Creasy and branded her a ‘witch’

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 09:05

On the Vagenda: a satire of women’s mags turns into something bigger

Bloggers Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett didn’t intend to get involved in the fourth wave of feminism, but two years after launching Vagenda, they are on a mission

Mon May 19 2014 - 01:00

Feminist campaigner tells of ‘terrifying’ ordeal as abusive Twitter trolls jailed

Move to get woman on Bank of England notes

Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00

NUJ to publish guidance on violence against women journalists

Union ‘cannot afford to lose’ any of the equality gains it has made, conference hears

Thu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00

Twitter introduces option to report abusive tweets

Step comes after number of women subjected to torrent of abuse by service users

Thu Aug 29 2013 - 06:48

Man held over Twitter threats to MP and campaigner

Labour MP and campaigner received abusive messages on social networking site

Wed Aug 07 2013 - 10:40

Mixed reaction to #TwitterSilence campaign

One-day boycott of social networking site arranged in protest at handling of abuse reports

Sun Aug 04 2013 - 13:42

Twitter updates rules to target online abuse

A number of users were sent threats of rape or violence through the social network

Sat Aug 03 2013 - 12:51

Will Twitter protect its users properly?

The social networking site will need to do more to prove it takes abuse seriously

Sat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00

Police investigate threats made to women journalists on Twitter

Twitter says it is not its policy to automatically report threatening or abusive messages to police

Fri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00

Twitter could make reporting abuse easier

Microblogging site testing new ways of simplifying reporting process for abuse

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00

Man arrested over Twitter abuse of MP and campaigner

Journalist Caroline Criado Perez (29) was threatened on social media platform

Tue Jul 30 2013 - 20:08

Twitter faces calls for stronger action on online abuse

Feminist campaigner was subjected to a sustained barrage of threats

Sun Jul 28 2013 - 10:13