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​ ​​​​​​Happy Easter for all of us at The RFT Group

​​​​​​Ireland's biopharma appeal holds up amid unsteady geopolitical backdrop, US investment blitz​The medtech and biopharma industries currently employ more than 100,000 people in Ireland, said Rory Mullen, head of biopharma at the country's foreign investment agency. (mirsad sarajlic/iStock/Getty Images Plus)Even as the uncertainty of U.S. tar...

​​​​​Congratulations to the Forest & Wildlife Volunteers in Bray Golf club​​Excellence news for Bray Golf Club over the weekend. Through the efforts of a group of Members known as the Forest & Wildlife Volunteers in the Club, they have managed to scoop the Golf Ireland (the sport’s governing body in Ireland) Volunteer Award for their achievem...

​​​​​​​Happy St. Patrick's Day for all of us at The RFT Group :

​​​​​Novo Nordisk to invest €430m in Athlone for Wegovy pill​Novo Nordisk's plant at Monksland in Athlone​Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has announced a €430m expansion of its manufacturing operation in Athlone which will see it produce the tablet form of its weight loss drug Wegovy.It was reported in recent weeks that the Danish pharmaceut...

​​​​​​Camino De Santiago in aid of Breakthrough Cancer ResearchLast year we took part in walking the final leg of the Camino De Santiago in aid of Breakthrough Cancer Research. A charity that funds life saving cancer research into some of the poorest prognosis cancers. They are the leading cancer research charity in Ireland, supporting ove...

​​​​​Kerry student (15) wins Young Scientist contest with ‘stunning’ work on tool to improve treatment of brain cancerA fourth-year student from Mercy ­Secondary School Mounthawk in Co Kerry has won the 2026 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with her tool aimed at helping doctors improve the treatment of brain cancer.Fifteen-year-...

​Skorts to AI glasses - Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition under way​https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0107/1551798-young-scientist-technology-exhibition​​The impact of skorts on the camogie pitch, AI glasses for people with dementia and an app to translate Irish Sign Language (ISL) are among the 550 entries that have gone on display at...

​ Thank you for your support in 2025We wish you and your colleagues a very Happy Christmas & New Year 2026  Our choice of charity this year is:   Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ireland   MSF Ireland is a medical healthcare charity. In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives an...

​​​​​New 'grass to gas' plant being launched in Co Meath​The state-of-the-art plant is being launched by Carbon AMS in Duleek in Co Meath​A new "grass to gas" agricultural biomethane plant is set to provide enough energy to heat two pharmaceutical manufacturing sites by the end of next year.The state-of-the-art plant is being launched by Carbon ...