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Mirai Medical, a Co Galway-based company pioneering an energy technology for use in the treatment of cancer, has raised €3 million in funding. Founde(...)

When the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Ireland at the end of February, the medical sector sprang into action. Hospital beds were freed up, (...)

Ballaghaderreen in Co Roscommon  is among the rural towns seeing a return of young people and fresh ideas as a result of the pandemic and(...)

Galway-based medtech company Venari Medical has raised $5.3 million (€4.5 million) in funding to accelerate the developing of its BioVena device for t(...)

Anthony Kelly had been preparing to move to Los Angeles with wife Fionnualla and son Darragh (2) when “Covid hit”. The co-founder of Glofox, which pro(...)

Has the pandemic made you long for more space? A bigger, more affordable home; green fields; fewer people: there’s a lot to be said for quitting the c(...)

The Covid-19 employment shock is not hitting all sections of the population equally. So far, judging by those receiving the special Covid payments, t(...)

Cerebreon, a Donegal-based insolvency tech start-up, has closed a £1.5 million (€1.69 million) seed round led by Delta Partners. Other participants i(...)

Why has it taken so long for employers to embrace the idea of remote working? The current coronavirus outbreak and the measures put in place to help a(...)

Grow Remote, a community project intended to increase employment opportunities in regional areas by connecting remote workers with companies looking t(...)