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 ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. In this guide, we’ll break down what most biomarker lab tests measure, how to prepare for them, and what to do once you receive your results. Not ...

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 ...

Cork City Council has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to an unsuccessful female 43-year old fire-fighter job applicant due to a discriminatory ‘one size fits all’ beep fitness tests for ...

Real Madrid players say they have been confronted with “the devil” this week as the team’s performance manager Antonio Pintus introduced a series of high-intensity physical tests with some high-tech ...

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. News analysis: A playbook ...

The initiative aims to familiarise candidates with the remote proctoring process and the overall examination environment ahead of the actual test The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) ...