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Innovation thrives at UCC's IGNITE programme despite pandemic

James Northridge founded the company UrAbility, which uses algorithms to auto assign online courses and advise on assistive technologies based on users’ technical abilities, spoken language, and location.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020

Breast milk helps lost runner survive

Breast milk, dirt and the thought of being reunited with her family helped a New Zealand woman survive being lost in rugged wilderness.

Tue, 12 May, 2015

Zoo escapes conviction over tapir attack

€5,000 payment to charities after normally docile animal mauls toddler in supervised ‘close encounter’

Tue, 09 Dec, 2014

Zoo pleads guilty to safety breach over tapir attack

Dublin Zoo has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations after a two-year-old girl was mauled by a "chilled-out" Brazilian tapir which suddenly went on the attack.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2014