Andrea didn't find out the extent of her husband's financial abuse until they divorced. She's not alone.

The company's total revenue has also increased, to $1.34 billion.

A marketing executive says she quit Coca-Cola's Irish arm over the stress of returning from maternity leave as she felt she was being "bullied" into taking what she regarded as a demotion from a management job to "nearly a graduate position".

The technology, used by Woolworths to assign jobs and rank performance, is adding unrealistic time pressures, some staff say.

Cuts in government funding and sponsorship have led to the popular science education programme becoming unsustainable, its co-founder says.

But the situation could have been a lot worse, a senior economist at the country's biggest bank says.

While rising food prices have meant the cost of Christmas dinner soared in the past couple of years, the picture for 2024 is brighter.

It has become cheaper to own solar panels than lease them, like SolarZero offered, an advocacy group says.

Christopher Howe (pictured) runs a high end antiques empire in Pimlico Road worth millions, which has boasted clients including Hollywood legend Richard Gere.