There are growing calls for Ireland to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) in order to capitalise on €300m worth of commercial projects as well as encouraging more Irish students to enter the scientific field.

One of Cork’s most prestigious annual events, it@cork’s Tech Summit, takes place at City Hall on Thursday. Reporter Pádraig Hoare speaks to newly elected it@cork chairCaroline O’Driscoll about the event

From next year, fifth-year pupils will be able to study computer science for the Leaving Certificate, as the Department of Education is set to fast-track its plan to make Ireland’s education and training system the best in Europe.

Dublin-based diversified healthcare services group UDG Healthcare has started putting the money it raised from last year’s sale of its legacy Irish businesses to work by acquiring international auditing firm STEM Marketing for a total consideration of £84m (€94.2m).

We are the robots.

Tesla Motors’ plan to generate revenue by repackaging electric car batteries as home and business power storage systems faces stiff competition for both customers and the government subsidies that are critical to the market’s growth.

The new Irish Equality and Human Rights Commission has just come into being, following a lengthy gestation period.

An Irish woman who has risen to the top echelons of Twitter’s global executive ranks will address a special tech conference in Cork next month.

Tens of thousands of cheering faithful packed a Czech airfield today for a Mass by Pope Benedict XVI, who is midway through a pilgrimage aimed at nudging the ex-communist country back to its religious roots.

Pope Benedict XVI recalled the evils of the communist era today as he began a three-day pilgrimage to the Czech Republic, and he urged the fiercely secular nation to rediscover its Christian roots.