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Minister Harris announces €193 million investment in five world- leading SFI Research Centres   Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD today announced an investment of €193 million in five Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres for six years. The five centres will carry out research into...

  How Dublin’s Icon grew from a $49m IPO into the firm closing a $12bn deal   Dublin-based Icon Plc is a lot less well known than Ryanair or Kerrygroup but the clinical trials group just announced one of the biggest and most ambitious deals in Irish corporate history. The planned $12bn merger with PRA Health Sciences will create a clinical trial...

Takeda to invest €36.4 million in Grange Castle site to address growing global demand  Investment will create approximately 100 new jobs over the next three years DUBLIN, Ireland February 16, 2021  - Takeda Ireland, a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, today announced a €36 million investment in its Grange Castle facility. The inve...

Paul McCabe: Leading BioPharmaChem Ireland at a challenging time Ireland with €80bn in exports is the third largest exporter of pharmaceuticals globally Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 04:21 Updated: Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 10:41 Barry McCall Sponsored byIbec Paul McCabe, chairman of BioPharmaChem Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the biopharma and chemical...

Government €160m Boost to Covid Business Grants Julie Sinnamon, CEO, Enterprise Ireland New Scheme targets businesses currently ineligible for CRSS & other sector-specific grants Wholesalers, suppliers, caterers & events companies down 75% or more in turnover expected to benefit €10m extra for companies developing and making PPE & equipment used...

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Novus Diagnostics gets €2.4m grant for rapid sepsis test Eighty percent of the 11 million people globally who die from sepsis each year could survive with  rapid diagnosis and treatment.   Irish company Novus Diagnostics has been awarded €2.4 million in funding to commercialise its rapid sepsis test. The only Irish company to be awarded funding ...

​Vaccine rollout will present tricky legal issues for employers It is highly unlikely employers will be able to insist all of their employees are vaccinated Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 17:00 Updated: Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 17:04 Michael Doyle 5 Businesses in Ireland will face issues never seen before as attention is focused on the vaccination programme and i...

New laws will give employees in the State the option to permanently work from home Government to also introduce new measures on right of workers to disconnect from job   People will have a legal right to seek to work from home in the future under Government plans being announced on Friday. The Government says it will legislate to provide employe...