A PHARMACEUTICAL company is to create 70 jobs as part of a €28 million investment at its facilities in Co Cork.

WASTE management firm Indaver has insisted it remains committed to its controversial Cork Harbour incinerator project.

The sector is under great pressure but diversifying is an option, finds John Hearne

CUSTOMERS are facing hikes of 4%-5% in their electricity bills as the Energy Regulator has given its approval to the placing of a €157 million levy on all electricity users.

PharmaChemical Ireland, the IBEC group that represents the Irish pharmaceutical and chemical industry, has said that despite current challenges and recent job losses, a bright future remains for the sector.

THE only way to tackle worrying grades in maths is the long-term approach of a new curriculum which will not be examined in the Leaving Certificate for another three years, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe insisted yesterday.

A group representing the Irish pharmaceutical and chemicals sector today expressed concern that the number of students opting to take chemistry at Leaving Certificate level has remained low.

The largest foreign investors in Ireland, in the high-tech, pharmaceutical and chemicals sectors, today set out why they believe Ireland remains a uniquely attractive location in which to do business.

Ireland’s first degree course in tackling natural disasters will help the fight against flood, famine and global warming, it was claimed today.

Pharmachemical Ireland, the IBEC group that represents the pharmaceutical and chemicals industry has welcomed the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline Beecham that 150 new jobs are to be created at its plant in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

ROGER ELLIS (Irish Examiner letters, November 6) is incorrect in a number of his statements.

Enterprise Quality Specialists Ltd, which distributes software aimed at improving compliance procedures in highly-regulated industries, has appointed Paddy Caffrey as a non-executive director.

THE pharmaceutical industry's golden age is over and companies face a harsher climate in the future, the body representing the industry warned yesterday.