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

ALTHOUGH the omens were bad for some time, Dell workers were visibly shaken by the scale of the job losses announced yesterday.

Phil Flynn acted as negotiator with Herrema kidnappers, writes Ryle Dwyer.

DR Tiede Herrema, who was kidnapped by IRA gang members Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle 30 years ago, said yesterday he was keeping secret what was said when he met them many years later.

The Dutch industrialist who was the victim of the longest kidnapping in Irish history has donated his personal papers to the University of Limerick, it emerged today.