A leading US academic is to address aspiring entrepreneurs in NUI Galway as part of a week-long series of events at the newly established Atlantic Centre for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development.

Generations of children have been told that eating carrots will make them see in the dark, and that spinach makes them strong, but now research suggests that telling youngsters a dish is good for them will turn them off it.

U2 singer Bono is set to make a small profit from the sale of smartphone-maker Palm to Hewlett-Packard as part of a €900 million deal but analysts say he won’t be happy with the return.