Limerick, long a manufacturing hub, is now on the cusp of becoming a powerhouse in the biopharma field. Ivor Downey tells Pádraig Hoare about US giant Regeneron’s swiftly-expanding mission in Raheen

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ENGLAND: An online customer made an unusual football prediction over the weekend to scoop £30,000 pounds from a £5 bet.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is now available to download for iOS devices from the App Store.

As a child, Carole wrote long diary entries and letters to anyone who would reply, and as a teenager she wrote short stories. Some were published, and others shortlisted in competitions. 

Microsoft is finally ready to serve an assorted helping of original TV programmes made for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Microsoft is finally ready to serve an assorted helping of original TV programmes made for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

It was dubbed the worst video game ever made — so bad that Atari buried the million copies made in a landfill deep in the New Mexico desert.

It has 40 million registered users, although the graphics look like something from the Atari age. Conor Power got his kids to tutor him on the latest gaming craze

Highlights includethe return of Anne Doyle, and Simon Reeve's new show on pilgrimages

Kangaroo meat hopping off the menu

The founder of the groundbreaking video games manufacturer Atari has said modern consoles with hefty pricetags “may be disappointing” to gamers.

Did you own one of these when you were a kid?

Trivial Pursuit, the board game hit of the 1980s, is getting a makeover and some star power for a new generation.