Electric vehicles are growing more popular, yet their warning sounds may not be doing enough to protect pedestrians. A new Swedish study shows that these ...

As he watched the Boston Celtics play from the stands of TD Garden, one noise kept catching Adel Djellouli's ear. “This squeaking sound ...

The fitness test to enter the Gardai was made significantly easier last year - but the bleep test still remains part of it. (stock images) (Image: gettyimages.ie) An ex-Garda sergeant has slammed a ...

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Cork Fire Brigade to pay €4,000 for gender discrimination and a further €4,000 for age discrimination to Terézia Foott The "beep test", a standard aerobic ...

The “beep test” – a standard aerobic fitness measure used for prospective firefighters for the last 40 years – discriminates against women and advantages younger candidates, a tribunal has found, ...

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Lansdowne House, the offices of the Workplace Relations Commission in Ballsbridge, Dublin.(Image: Colin Keegan, Collins Agency, Dublin) Cork City Council has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to ...

Cork City Council has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to a woman whose application for a firefighting job was unsuccessful due to a discriminatory ‘one size fits all’ beep fitness test for ...

Leicester City's hunt for a new manager has taken an intriguing turn over the previous week, with Michael Skubala, the former PE teacher who once roamed the halls of Lutterworth College, emerging as ...

The beep test exposed both strengths and weaknesses as a Marine and firefighter pushed themselves to failure. This was one of the closest endurance battles we’ve ever filmed. Congress receives ...

There’s some change in the McKenna Cup. Players are coming into January looking like something out of ‘Baywatch’ these days. Their jerseys are tight, heart monitors and fitness bits. Pre-season of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Battlefield 6's testing program, Battlefield Labs, is back, this time for a short-notice test that will focus on improvements like better footstep ...