Let:
$f(x)=x^n+2x^{n-1}+3x^{n-2}+4x^{n-3}+\ldots + (n-1)x^2+nx+(n+1)$.
Is $f(x)$ irreducible?
In light of the answers to this question, I now know that this is true when $n+1$ is prime. What about when $n+1$ is composite? I have checked a lot of cases and it seems to be true.
(Unnecessary background information: this is linked to this recent question of mine. At the point where I say:
"$g_n(x,−n)=x^2h(x)$,"
the $h(x)$ in question has the property that substituting $x-1$ for $x$ puts it in the form of $f(x)$ above. If I can show that $h(x)$ is irreducible, then I will have shown that the galois group of the original polynomial is doubly transitive. Not that I am trying to draw attention back to my original question!)