Four Irish companies will compete internationally at the Thistle BioScience “Rising Stars Showcase”in Edinburgh on Wednesday, February 6.

A SHORTAGE of beds and poor hygiene standards in hospitals are the biggest problems facing the Irish health system, according to two new surveys on public attitudes.

Pfizer have announced the appointment of Dave Gallagher as manager of Pfizer Healthcare Ireland.

TEN of Ireland’s leading companies have committed themselves to conserving energy and tackle high costs under a major new scheme.

Pfizer Ireland is to make a €100m investment at one of its key Cork plants over the next two years, but shed 25 full-time positions.

A BUSY mother-of-two is getting her big break into public relations thanks to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland who will be using her ‘hero’ concept in a campaign to be launched on World Alzheimer Day in September.

LIFE may well indeed begin at 40 after a new survey revealed that middle-aged men and women in Ireland still have regular sex.

According to the Irish Pharmaceutical Chemical Manufacturing Federation, employment in the sector will rise by 1,000 by 2005.