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Back in 1974, social psychologist Bernard Weiner published a model that became one of the most cited frameworks in sport psychology. Attribution theory describes how people explain why things go well or badly. Whether the cause is internal or external, stable or temporary, something you can control or something you can’t. The research that followed turned up a finding so cons...


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Michael Jacob stood up silently. He was about 20 feet in front of me and I easily spotted him rise from his chair. I was scanning the crowd in front of me, making closing remarks as I brought that year’s National Missing Persons Day ceremony to a close. It was December 2017, and another annual event to honour and remember Ireland’s missing persons was about to end, with poign...


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If the ‘80s was the decade that style forgot, it was also the decade that ensured its survival. Because in that decade, two great talents were born. And as the great fashion cities of  New York, London, Milan and Paris kick off with their style spectaculars this month, the eyes of that world will be on them. And more than all others, these two will determine what the wor...


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Denis O’Brien has “not succeeded on any of the grounds argued” in his attempt to force the Data Protection Commission (DPC) to overturn a decision it made in relation to an attempt by the businessman to secure certain information from a communications company called Red Flag.  In a judgement published this Friday, High Court Judge Siobhán Lankford ordered O’Brien to bear...


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The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) made headlines on Thursday when it presented research by economist Brian Cronin estimating that corporation tax in Ireland had become even more concentrated, with three multinationals contributing 46 per cent in 2024. While the figures were staggering, with that 46 per cent representing a €13 billion tax bill between three groups in 20...


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