Organisation: Helix

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technology

British government ends support for four new ventilator designs

Designs from Dyson and BAE Systems, who are among those who offered to create devices, currently have support but are to be reassessed by a clinical panel next week.

general

Why inspirational teachers stay with you for life

news

DCU denies it had plans to host anti-vaccine film

general

Your dog could become the star of an opera in Dublin

general

Director Flynn is ‘star’ of the show

news

Universities overpaid staff by €8.1m since 2005, report finds

Helix raises €5m of equity funding

HELIX HEALTH has raised €5m of equity funding from The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, managed by NCB Ventures.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2011

New cap placed on leaking oil well

BP robots have attached a new, tighter-fitting cap on top of the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak, raising hopes that the flow of crude polluting the water can be stopped for the first time in nearly three months.

Tue, 13 Jul, 2010

BP upbeat about new effort to plug oil leak

BP said today it was making progress on what could prove its most effective effort yet to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, but warned that the verdict could be several days away.

Mon, 12 Jul, 2010

BP claims progress but oil still gushing

Oil was spewing freely into the Gulf of Mexico as BP crews claimed progress yesterday in the first stages of replacing a leaky cap with a new containment system they hope will finally catch all the crude from the busted well.

Mon, 12 Jul, 2010

New BP cap 'could contain Gulf leak by Monday'

The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the US government official in charge of the crisis said.

Sat, 10 Jul, 2010

‘I was nervous before the audition but it would be unbelievable to get through’

THEY came in search of fame – literally.

Thu, 25 Feb, 2010

Accountants’ reputation only as strong as weakest link, says industry chief

THE president of the Institute of Certified and Public Accountants has called on members to place ethical behaviour at the core of their professional lives.

Tue, 15 Dec, 2009

Sutherland to start pro career in DCU in December

Irish boxer Daren Sutherland will make his professional boxing debut next month in the Helix in DCU.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2008

PDs propose college fund plan

A US-style endowment system that would encourage wealthy parents to make cash contributions to universities will be considered as part of a review into third-level funding.

Mon, 18 Aug, 2008

You’re a Star hopeful upholds tradition

THE limelight continues to beckon for a talented young Limerick singer — whose mother made it to number one in the charts, posthumously, 15 years ago.

Tue, 29 Jan, 2008

Get-up-and-go earns schools €5,000 at awards

THE get-up-and-go attitude of three schools has earned them €5,000 each in the Active School Awards 2007.

Sat, 05 May, 2007

Bigger venue for nurses’ pay rally

THE venue for this week’s national pay rally for nurses to vent their anger at low pay and long working hours had to be switched at the last minute to secure one big enough to accommodate over 1,000 nurses wanting to take part.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2006

RTÉ Rip Off programme is biased, says minister

Harry McGee, Political Editor, and Karl Hanlon

Wed, 24 Aug, 2005

Eddie Hobbs show attracts record viewers

Record numbers of angry consumers are tuning in to a new series on rip-off culture, it emerged today.

Wed, 17 Aug, 2005

You’re A Star finalists on the road to nowhere

Neans McSweeney

Fri, 04 Feb, 2005

Collina keeps cards close to chest

OUR celebrity-obsessed times are defined by strange idols. But even in a culture so empty, it hangs on the loose words of a glamour model, something about the iconic status of Pierluigi Collina doesn’t sit right.

Wed, 28 Jan, 2004