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White House says Texas winter storm likely due to climate change
- US
- February 19, 2021, 07:02
A severe winter storm engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type of extreme weather event that climate change is triggering, rejecting assertions (...)

Irish-based medtech and life sciences companies responded quickly to Covid challenge
- Sponsored
- November 26, 2020, 00:00
Despite its small size, Ireland has always punched well above its weight. The coronavirus crisis has only served to underscore this assessment; we ma(...)

Republicans confident they can withstand Democratic surge in Texas
- US
- October 10, 2020, 05:01
In many ways Texas epitomises a certain idea of America – a land of cowboys and Stetsons, and a tradition of proud small-government individualism. Th(...)

Trump and Biden prepare to face off in first presidential debate
- US
- September 28, 2020, 21:42
US president Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden are due to arrive in Ohio on Tuesday, ahead of the first presidential debate of the 2020 (...)

Covid-19 testing: ‘We should have been ready for this’
- Health & Family
- September 12, 2020, 06:00
By Monday morning, GPs’ WhatsApp groups were buzzing with worrying signs of what would become apparent to the rest of the country the following evenin(...)

Coronavirus: Global cases pass 24 million as India sees record spike
- World
- August 27, 2020, 18:40
Covid-19 cases surpassed 24 million worldwide with India seeing a record spike and South Korea, Italy and France reporting the most new daily infectio(...)

European stocks end lower as Fed boost is offset by resource losses
- Markets
- August 27, 2020, 18:13
European equity markets ended lower on Thursday, with resource stocks suffering the most, while an aggressive growth strategy from the US Federal Rese(...)

Abbott’s 15-minute Covid test gets emergency authorisation in US
- Health & Pharma
- August 27, 2020, 14:13
A 15-minute Covid test from Abbott Laboratories that will be priced at just $5 (€4.30) has been granted emergency authorisation for use in the US, a b(...)

Covid-19 vaccine makers lobby EU for legal protection
- Health & Pharma
- August 26, 2020, 08:03
The European pharmaceutical industry’s vaccines lobby has pushed the EU for exemptions that would protect its members from lawsuits if there are probl(...)

Medtronic profit falls 44% as Covid hits elective surgeries
- Health & Pharma
- August 25, 2020, 12:55
Dublin-headquartered Medtronic said on Tuesday demand for medical devices was improving as elective surgeries picked up pace following the easing of C(...)