Vinu Devan 
US-headquartered medical manufacturing equipment company Medtronic is expanding its R&D capabilities in Galway, hiring 200 new staff. Medtronic employees over 3,000 staff in the Galway city with plants in Mervue and Parkmore, and is set to get even bigger as it expands to 200 new employees for Research and Development roles. The new jobs are part of … Read more
Indian-origin Rishi Sunak tightened his grip on the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister as he bagged 101 votes to again emerge as the winner of the latest voting round on Thursday. There are now five candidates left in the Tory leadership contest after Suella Braverman, the Indian-origin … Read more
A man in his 60s has died following a fatal accident at a farm in Galway. Gardaí said that it was a fatal workplace accident at a farm. The incident took place on Tuesday in the Derren area of Gort in Co Galway. “At approximately 7.10 pm, the body of a man aged in his … Read more
Hyundai Motor unveiled its first electric sedan, Ioniq 6, on July 14. The South Korean automaker is betting the Ioniq 6 will help it grab a bigger share of the electric vehicle (EV) market dominated by Tesla Inc. The South Korean Motor Co. launched the car at the Busan International Motor Show in South Korea. … Read more
Texas-headquartered software company FileCloud has selected Limerick as a base for its new R&D center, in a move that will create 50 new jobs. Limerick city will also be the location for the company’s EMEA headquarters, and it expects to fill these technical and commercial roles over the next two and a half years. “We are … Read more
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9.1% in the year to June 2022, up from an annual increase of 7.8% in the year to May 2022, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show. This is the largest annual increase in the CPI since Quarter 2 1984 when annual inflation was 9.7%. The … Read more
The new Sick Leave Bill 2022 that will guarantee workers paid leave once commenced has passed all Stages of the Oireachtas. Building on his work to date to make work pay and improve terms and conditions for workers, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Leo Varadkar, announced that all workers will have … Read more
Indian ace filmmaker G Aravindan’s Malayalam cult-classic Kummatty impressed Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese. The master director on Tuesday announced that he will present the restored version of Kummatty(1979) under, The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room. In April, Scorsese’s The Film Foundation launched the Restoration Screening Room to host films restored with the help of the … Read more
Indian-origin IM Tarun Kanyamarala won the 101st Irish Chess Championship which was held in Dublin from 2-10 July. The 18-year-old Tarun convincingly succeeded in the event scoring an unbeaten streak of 7 wins and 2 draws out of 9 rounds, with a rating performance of 2565, gaining 18 Elo points. Ireland’s youngest ever International Master Tarun … Read more
NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope captured the image showing a landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” with glittering stars which is the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of … Read more
The Government is to go ahead with the largest increase in the defence budget in the history of the state. Minister for Defence Simon Coveney has announced that the government has approved a move to ‘Level of Ambition 2’ (LOA2), as set out in the capability framework devised by the Commission on the Defence Forces. … Read more
The biggest super moon of the year will be visible in Ireland and around the world on Wednesday, July 13. Full Buck Moon will be at its brightest at 7.38 pm Irish Standard Time. It will appear below the horizon so moon-gazers have been told to look towards the southeast after sunset to watch it rise. Out … Read more
President Joe Biden released the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Monday, during a public event at the White House in Washington. This first image showcases the powerful capabilities of the Webb mission, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced … Read more
Cork-based company Douglas Control and Automation is planning to create 40 new jobs over the next two years. Once filled, the new positions will support the further growth of the company. Douglas Control and Automation provides automation, IT, and manufacturing execution systems to clients across a range of sectors, from manufacturing and utilities to the pharma, mining, … Read more
People who work until they are 67 or older could be eligible for a higher rate of State Pension than those retiring at 66. The new proposals by the government would financially reward people who retire later in life and pay them a higher weekly pension rate while keeping the State pension age at 66. … Read more