AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney has expressed “shock” at EU trade talks with South America which could cost European farmers €3 billion between now and 2020.

HOW nuclear physics helped reveal that a Bronze Age sword was never used to kill anyone has been explained to EU research commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn on her first visit to one of the EU’s flagship research laboratories.

Blue Ocean Wireless (”BOW”), an Irish company focused on delivering GSM communication capability for the merchant maritime sector, and Japan Radio Company (“JRC”), one of the world’s longest established companies in the field of marine electronics, today announced that JRC will provide BOW with its Fleet F33 terminal, the JUE-33, to connect BOW onboard equipment to the Inmarsat satellite system.

THE Government’s new chief science adviser is Dr Barry McSweeney who has been appointed in a drive to maximise the potential of Ireland’s multi- billion euro science and technology sector.

The Government has appointed Dr Barry McSweeney as Ireland's first chief science adviser.

IRISHMAN Dr Barry McSweeney who heads up Europe’s major research centre has been honoured for his work in opening up the institution to the new EU countries.

NOTHING short of a wind blowing through smoky bars or restaurants would clear the air, a damning report on the effects of smoking indoors has found.

A new ventilation system designed by Irish company DionX Limited will reach the requirement needed to achieve clean air levels in hospitality industry, research has claimed.