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Thermo Fisher Scientific Doubles Cork Laboratory Capacity to Help Develop New Medicines

By Ryan Harmon
Thermo Fisher Scientific officially opened an expanded laboratory at its Cork campus, effectively doubling its capacity that customers can access to develop medicines for cancer, lupus, diabetes, and psoriasis, among other illnesses.  The expanded Scale-Up Laboratory is the latest aspect of expansion at the company’s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) facility since
Health News

Tánaiste Announces €13m In Humanitarian Assistance To The Palestinian People

By Ryan Harmon
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD announced €13 million in additional funding for humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people. The funding announced today amounts to €10 million in additional core funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides essential services to 5.7 million Palestine refugees in Gaza, the […]
Environment Health News Transport

Launch of Be Winter Ready 2023-2024

By Ryan Harmon
The Government’s ‘Be Winter-Ready’ 2023-2024 Information Campaign launched with the message: “Road Safety: Plan, Prepare, Be Aware”. Tánaiste, Minister for Defence and Chair of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning, Micheál Martin, was joined at the launch by Minister of State with responsibility for International and Road Transport and Logistics, Jack Chambers
Health News

Safe Sales of Paracetamol in Pharmacy and Non-Pharmacy Retail Settings Campaign Launched

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has launched a new information campaign to promote safe sales of paracetamol by staff working in pharmacy and non-pharmacy retail settings. The campaign will promote new information packs that will be available nationally for staff working in pharmacy, and non-pharmacy retail settings. The objective of the […]
Council Partners Health News

Dublin Fire Brigade Installs Public Access Defibrillators at All its Stations

By Ryan Harmon
Dublin Fire Brigade unveils fourteen new Public Access Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) located prominently outside each of its fire stations across the city and county. This is a significant step forward in enhancing community safety and will be available 24/7 to provide immediate assistance especially during critical moments when every second counts. These AEDs
Health News

Minister Hildegarde Naughton Teams Up With The SciComm Collective To Expand The Healthy Weight Campaign

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister of State with Responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Hildegarde Naughton has announced a new radio advertisement to mark phase two of the Healthy Weight campaign. Developed under the Healthy Ireland Framework, the campaign is the first to focus on prevention of weight gain by speaking directly to young […]
Council Partners Health News

New Medical Residential Treatment and Recovery Centre Under Construction in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon
The charity Dublin Simon Community in conjunction with Dublin City Council are building a brand new 100 bed medical residential centre in the heart of the city centre. When completed the facility will provide supported accommodation to serve the specific health needs of the vulnerable homeless population in Dublin. Dublin Simon Community have delivered medical […]
Education Health News

National Fire Safety Week Campaign Asks People to Look Out for Vulnerable Neighbours

By Ryan Harmon
The National Fire Safety Week campaign launched in Antrim, asking people to check in on vulnerable neighbours, while continuing to remind people of the need to take fire safety precautions in their own homes. Alongside the campaign launch, the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management has also announced an additional €100,000 this year for […]
Health News

New Research Reveals Link Between Childhood Mental Health Issues and Quality of Life for Young Adults

By Ryan Harmon
Children with mental health issues are more likely to have poor mental and physical health in their late teens and early 20s, and are at greater risk of social isolation, low educational attainment, financial difficulties and heavy substance use. That’s according to new research led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, which examined […]
Business Health News

AbbVie Establishes New €23m European Manufacturing Services Hub in North Dublin

By Ryan Harmon
AbbVie, a global research-driven biopharmaceutical company with a significant presence across six Irish locations, opened a new €23 million European manufacturing services hub in Clonshaugh, North Dublin.  The state-of-the-art facility spans two sites within the IDA Business Park in Clonshaugh and serves as an international base for a range of supply chain, manufacturing
Health News

New On Feírm Ground 2 Programme Launched

By Ryan Harmon
Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, and Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton TD, launched On Feírm Ground 2, an expanded programme to raise awareness and to support farmers health and wellbeing, at the National […]
Health News Sport

Get Ireland Walking Strategy Launched

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, and the Minister for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne, have launched the Get Ireland Walking strategy 2023-2027 and announced Healthy Ireland funding of €1.46 million to Sport Ireland for 2023. Get Ireland Walking was established in 2013 with the support of […]
Health News

Tánaiste Welcomes Rollout of Private Secondary Medical Care to Enlisted Personnel

By Ryan Harmon
The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, welcomed the rollout of private secondary medical care to the enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Force. The Tánaiste had previously announced that the initiative had been agreed in principle at the PDFORRA Annual Delegate Conference in May 2023. Heretofore, private medical care was only available […]
Business Health News

Astellas Pharma to Invest €330m in New State-of-the-Art Facility in Tralee

By Ryan Harmon
Astellas Pharma has announced its intention to submit a planning application to build a new state-of-the-art facility, at an approximate cost of €330 million in Tralee, Co. Kerry.  This investment by Astellas in Ireland will expand their capacity and capabilities for aseptic drug products, reinforce stable production for global supply and accelerate the development and