University College Cork (UCC) has appointed Professor John O’Halloran as the sixteenth President of the University with effect from 30 August 2021. Professor O’Halloran has been Interim President since September 2020, leading the University through the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to his appointment as President of UCC, Professor O’Halloran
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Loud and colourful celebrations will mark the return of Pride Week to the streets of Galway this week. Starting from Monday, Galway Community Pride will be celebrating its 32nd year marking the LGBT+ in Galway and the West of Ireland at large. Last year’s Pride Week celebrations had to go virtual due to the pandemic, […]
An Garda Síochána has issued an appeal to young people and parents to be wary of the dangers and consequences of money muling, as new figures show over 700 money mule transactions, totalling over €5 million have moved through accounts in Ireland in the first half of 2021. New figures released by FraudSMART, the fraud […]
The cost of ignoring climate change is “catastrophic”, Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has warned. He was speaking as a landmark report warns that the world’s set to hit the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 20 years. The United Nations review has found humans are unequivocally driving climate change, and some of the […]
Bionical Emas, a global Contract Research Organisation (CRO) providing a range of services to the pharmaceutical and Biotech sector, is to establish a storage, distribution, and secondary labelling facility in Westmeath Ireland. Bionical Emas will be initially creating some 35 new local jobs. A 7,000 sq. ft state-of-the-art facility in Kilbeggan, with room for further