The Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland has increased research revenue from €7.5m in 2018 to €8.1m in 2019, its annual report shows.

MCCI’s world-class research into microelectronics may be difficult for most to understand, but if they knew just how relevant that research was to their own lives, they may be pleasantly surprised, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Irish researchers have developed a ‘smart’ electronic chip that will revolutionise how heart pacemakers are made, work, and fitted.