Industry leaders took time to honour an agrifood legend with the launch of the €4.5m Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre at the Teagasc campus in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork.

The next generation of medical vaccines, hydrogen-powered vehicles, quieter aircraft and cheaper railways are among the research projects the EU plans to fund.

Recalling the 1745 victory on Fontenoy

The European Commission today appealed to governments to increase spending on space technology to prevent the bloc from falling behind newcomers such as China, Brazil and India in an increasingly competitive commercial market.