Questions about housing density, traffic management, and potential environmental impact dominated the second day of an oral hearing on a new town plan for more than 5,000 houses, north of Cork City.

Set up to commercialise technology developed at UCC, Metabolomic Diagnostics has the global market in its sights as it prepares to launch the world’s first test for pre-eclampsia in early pregnancy, writes Trish Dromey.

THE Irish economy is home to 83 pharmaceutical plants accounting for 17,000 jobs and total exports of €35 billion last year.