Workplaces enjoy better productivity and more innovation when gender diversity is balanced, according to Orlaith Lawler, Site Director of Mid-West biomedical device maker Beckman Coulter which employs 420 people in Co Clare.

Beckman Coulter is bringing a miniature wormery to Limerick for Engineering (LFE) at Shannon Airport on Thursday March 5th to demonstrate to students how the biomedical company, which has won awards for its sustainable environmental practices, manages onsite wastewater through a sophisticated filtration system and wormery.

Ei Electronics has come on board Limerick Institute of Technology’s Leaders@LIT Programme, funding Scholarships that will support two LIT Engineering students for the duration of their studies.

Ei Electronics founder and CEO Mick Guinee was recently the recipient of the Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Clare and the Mid-West offer tech and biotech workers careers and salaries that are at least on a par with those available in Dublin, the organisers of a forthcoming recruitment event at Thomond Park have said.

Shannon Group plc has announced the appointments of Paul MacNamara as Group Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Rachael Leahy as Company Secretary and Head of Legal for the Group.

Two teenagers have shown themselves to be potential business moguls of the future after being crowned joint winners of the Shannon Airport Young Entrepreneur competition.

Four Co.Clare based companies and workplaces were awarded for prioritising their employees’ heart health at the Irish Heart Foundation’s Happy Heart Healthy Eating and Active@Work Awards.