€3.5m in deals for Irish tech firms

Two Irish technology companies have signed deals worth a total of 3.5 million euro with major French partners.

The aggrements, in the transport and medical devices sectors, were witnessed by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore.

He is in France for a series of events to mark St Patrick's Day.

Earlier, he met French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for talks on the deepening political crisis in Ukraine and the ongoing humanitarian crises in Mali and the Central African Republic.