Christmas is truly a magical time. It brings out the best in people. From enjoying the festive Christmas lights and decorations all around the country, kissing under the mistletoe, doing the 12 pubs of Christmas in cheesy Christmas jumpers to buying gifts for loved ones, we certainly know how to make the most of it.

We might give out about miserable weather, long commutes to and from work, and our pay, yet almost 5 out of 10 Irish people say they work at something they love.

Other insights into the Irish workplace revealed that:

• 26% of us have stolen or ’borrowed’ an umbrella from the office.
• 61% of us are Facebook friends with our boss.

Our recent research report also highlighted that:

LOVE DIGITAL

The 12th Digital Media Awards were held on Friday 21 February 2014. The Digital Media Awards celebrate Ireland’s best and brightest companies using digital media. Tracey Carney, Event Director said:

We found ‘costs and changes’ were typical discussion points when meeting trustees and employers especially in the latter part of 2013 before the much  anticipated Budget 2014 was delivered by Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan.