The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) has unveiled a €11.8m scheme which will fund the early career formation of up to 165 doctoral and masters researchers in the sciences, engineering and technology.

IT SEEMS the Poolbeg incinerator debacle continues apace with even the Greens apparently resigned to its inevitability.

I AGREE with Colin Campbell’s view (Irish Examiner, June 20) that a lot can be done to combat the demise of peak oil.

FUNDING of €4.7 million has been allocated to Irish researchers to ensure they develop their careers in Ireland.

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) today announced offers of funding totalling more than €4.7m in funding for 55 researchers planning to complete postdoctoral-level research over the next two years.

IT IS disappointing that plans for an incinerator at Poolbeg are still being considered. Incineration is the worst option, economically and environmentally, for handling organic non-toxic municipal ‘waste’.

The Embark Initiative, operated by the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET), says new funding of up to €4.6m is available for talented researchers under its Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 2006.

Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin and The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) have today announced the appointment of Professor Jane Grimson as chair of the council.

Researchers and industrialists will gather in Cork next week for an industry showcase.