ALKERMES Plc says it will manufacture drugs in Athlone for “one of the world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies” in a deal that may generate from $15 million to $20m (€11m-€15m) in annual revenue by 2016.

WHEN Giovanni Trapattoni walks out at Croke Park this evening for his first game as manager of Ireland, the scene will be just a little bit different from the one he experienced on the only other occasion he was in the dug-out for a match in the Republic.

Irish tenor, John McCormack, will be commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque next Monday in London.

Elan today continued its disposals spree with the sale of its European sales and marketing business.

BRITISH amateur champion Gary Wolstenholme appears to have fired up at least some of the American team against whom he will try for a slice of Walker Cup history at Ganton in Yorkshire this weekend.