McLaughlin

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Prof James McLaughlin, director of Nibec, whose team came third out of 400 entries to the $10m Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE global competition. Photograph: Nigel McDowell/Ulster University
Live long and prosper: Trekkie-type device gives medical diagnosis

Fans of the Star Trek TV and movie franchise will be familiar with the hand-held medical “tricorder” device which can diagnose a variety of conditions(...)

Scrumhalf Kathryn Dane comes into the Ireland side.
Women's 6N: Italians represent a clear and present danger

Italy Women v Ireland Women, Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma (Saturday, 6.45, Irish time, live on RTÉ 2) Ireland have never lost to Italy in 12 matches in t(...)

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary, aboard one of his aircraft at Stansted Airport. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Ryanair: O’Leary’s move is succession planning by another name

Michael O’Leary will stay on as chief executive of Ryanair until at least 2024, but the airline will shortly be a different organisation to the one he(...)

Niall Horan pursued his dream of a career in music. Above, performing with One Direction at Croke Park in 2014. Photograph: Dave Meehan
What happens if you make the wrong choice

Law school debt Daily regret Is that really what you dreamed as a kid? Or did you hope one day That you’d find a way To spend four years worki(...)

Author Geraldine Quigley was chosen for Penguin’s WriteNow mentoring programme, which aims to nurture and publish under-represented writers.
Music Love Drugs War: Debut novel set in 1980s Derry fails to deliver on teenage kicks

“Bobby Sands MP lay in the hospital wing of his prison. He had received the Last Rites on 17 April, Good Friday.” Derry, 1981, and a group of teenager(...)

An empty Ryanair window at Valencia airport, Spain, on September 28th as the airline’s workers went on strike. Photograph: Reuters/Heino Kalis
Ryanair hits headwinds in 2018, but is still well placed to grow

The new year will mark Michael O’Leary’s 25th anniversary as chief executive of Ryanair. It’s been a transformational period during which he has led t(...)

“There’s a debate about how influential schools are in terms of academic success, with some studies saying it only accounts for about 20 per cent of a student’s academic achievement.” Photograph: iStock
Why some schools do better than others

It’s no surprise to find that schools in Dublin 4 send more students to third-level than schools in Dublin 24. Parents tend to be that bit more taken (...)

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary at the airline’s agm on September 20th. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
More turbulence on the horizon for Ryanair

Within hours of warning shareholders this week that profits would fall below what they were expecting, Ryanair was advertising 25 per cent off flights(...)

At the meeting, Michael O’Leary told shareholders that further strikes were likely to follow this summer’s industrial unrest at Ryanair as the airline got to grips with trade unions.
Ryanair board survives agm intact but dissatisfaction evident

Ryanair looks likely to face increasing pressure from shareholders in the future to make changes to its board, even though investors voted to re-elect(...)

Ryanair Holdings’s agm will be held at CityNorth Hotel, Gormanston, Co Meath, on Thursday. If there is one sure-fire way to create media interest in an agm, it is to ban journalists. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters
Ryanair holds its agm on Thursday but journalists are banned from attending

MONDAY Results: FedEx. Indicators: Euro zone inflation (Aug). Meetings: We Are Cork business event on promoting the city (Nano Nagle Centre, Dou(...)

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