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Employment passes 2.3 million for first time Numbers grow by 2.4% in third quarter Irish Times Eoin Burke-Kennedy The CSO survey showed employment increased in nine of the 14 economic sectors over the year with the largest increase (+12.9 percent +13,000) recorded in the financial, insurance and real estate sector. Photograph: Alan Betson Employ...

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Science Foundation Ireland Science Summit 2019 300 members of science community to gather in Athlone Athlone, 7th November 2019: The annual Science Foundation Ireland Science Summit is set to take place over the next two days in Athlone (7th- 8th November). The Summit, attended by over 300 members of Ireland’s research community, provides a plat...

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Science Week 2019 will focus on climate action, seeking to help people understand climate change, how science and technology can help us create a positive climate future and the impact we as individuals can have on climate change.

Minister Humphreys announces €25m for six projects through the SFI Research Infrastructure Programme Funding to support research infrastructure across autonomous technologies; flow cytometry and gene analysis; medical imaging; cleanroom processing and metrology; ocean observing; and molecular analysis 21 October 2019: Minister for Business, Ente...

Dementia: New Alzheimer's drug 'could slow rate at which disease progresses' Scientists believe they could be on the cusp of a breakthrough after a drug company said it had the first treatment of its kind for Alzheimer's. The drug, which is called aducanumab, cannot cure it but Biogen says it slows down the rate at which it progresses, essential...

Well done to Joe Harford who previously served as NIBRT CEO and Chairman, for his well-deserved award as Pharma Leader 2019, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the growth of the pharma industry in Ireland.