Fundamental reforms are needed in education if the digital-skills gap in Irish society is to be bridged.

Startup company wins €15m UK grant for whiskey by-product idea.

A series of coincidences has seen a First World War medal returned to the family of the Kerry soldier who owned it — 70 years after it was stolen in England.

THAT jovial, time-honoured phrase, "one for the road", could be given an entirely new meaning if scientists working on by-products from whiskey-making have their way.

Scottish company Celtic Renewables, founded by Macroom, Co Cork Professor Martin Tangney, has taken its research into biofuels one step further with the signing of a major contract with Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in Ghent, Belgium.

A Cork doctor is playing a leading role in developing a powerful treatment for ovarian cancer that could save thousands of lives.

Scientists at University College Cork have developed an innovative way to target cancer treatment at tumours — by placing the drug in bacteria which attaches to the tumours.

A small Scottish whisky maker is aiming to turn its byproducts into biofuel and become the world’s first whisky distillery to fuel vehicles in a move which could see Scotland’s 100-plus distilleries feed a £60m (€75m) industry.

Researchers at University College Cork have come up with a new treatment for breast cancer using gene therapy.

A Macroom man believes his method of getting energy from whiskey may produce the fuel of tomorrow, writes Dan MacCarthy

It may astonish lovers of uisce beatha, but an Irish researcher has devised an alternative use for the hard stuff that promises to revolutionise our fuel use — biofuel.

An experienced rock climber said he is lucky to be alive after plunging 60ft during a free solo climb with no ropes or harness.

ONE of the country’s top cancer scientists has won Junior Chamber International’s most outstanding young person of the year award.

A BACTERIA commonly found in probiotic yoghurt could revolutionise the battle against cancer, groundbreaking research has shown.

RESEARCHERS at the Cork Cancer Research Centre have made a global breakthrough by devising a potential DNA vaccine against prostate cancer.

A dispute regarding horses manure reignited at a top Irish tourist spot today with carriages banned for a second time.

I WAS deeply saddened to hear Beamish & Crawford is closing its doors in Cork.

DESPITE danger warnings, a 57-year-old construction worker died in a trench collapse near Kenmare, Co Kerry, on October 26, 2005, an inquest was told in Killarney yesterday.