Dr Pearse Lyons has joined Sir Anthony O’Reilly, Dr Peter Sutherland, Dr Denis Brosnan, Sir Michael Smurfit, Dr Craig Barrett, Dr Martin Naughton and Willie Walsh as the holder of an RDS gold medal for industry and commerce.

The Gathering initiative has convinced global agricultural and food company Alltech to relocate its well-attended annual Global 500 event for the first time from Lexington, Kentucky, to Dublin.