An investment of more than €1 million in new equipment for the Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre (ABC) will significantly enhance its research capabilities, enabling it to provide further support to Irish companies.

Diagnostic services across the Mid-West have been elevated to a new level with the launch today of Bon Secours Diagnostic Imaging by Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Patrick O’Donovan.

The largest drone ever flown in Ireland has carried out its first European test flight in Co Clare.

A team from a Co Clare school has won a space competition and will now represent Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) in the national final.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) services at Shannon and Cork Airports could, in the future, be managed using dedicated towers remotely controlled from a centre at Dublin Airport.