The Irish Times

A growing life sciences start-up culture

The new generation of Irish life sciences and pharma companies played a significant role in the pandemic fight

Tue Apr 26 2022 - 00:00

Cancer killer cell group has two shots at success

Galway company chasing scientific and manufacturing breakthroughs

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 11:29

Galway cancer killer cell group ONK raises €19m

Company’s technology edits immune system cells in bid to cure cancers

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 11:31

Audit profession unattractive to new recruits, says PwC UK boss

Kevin Ellis warns criticism from politicians and regulators is harming reputation of sector

Tue Dec 28 2021 - 17:37

Making better use of data vital to corporate resilience

Resilient firms have clearly expressed strategy and use it to make timely, smart decisions

Fri Nov 12 2021 - 05:00

Ceannairc agus cuimhne

Tar éis an tsaoil, dream beag gan chead, gan mhandáid ba ea na daoine seo

Mon Nov 08 2021 - 01:00

The other Hamilton - a Kilkenny cricketing family, who also inspired a musical

An Irishman’s Diary

Fri Oct 01 2021 - 18:39

Cancer drug company works with Trinity on natural killer cells

Galway-based ONK Therapeutics targets treatment of and ultimately cure for cancer

Tue Jun 08 2021 - 07:48

Sir Michael O’Dwyer, apologist for the Amritsar massacre, was also an Irish nationalist

He is a striking example of Irish participation in some of the British Empire’s most brutal acts

Sun Feb 07 2021 - 06:00

Inside an Irish ICU: ‘We are nowhere near the Covid-19 peak’

St Vincent's Hospital is racing to treat a surge of Covid cases, as the vaccine arrives

Sat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00

The rise of Indian food in Ireland: ‘You want food to be happiness’

Indian cuisine has a rich history in Ireland and today’s chefs are introducing Irish diners to a wide variety of regional flavours

Sat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00

Mulligan backs ONK Therapeutics in $8m funding

Galway company is developing enhanced natural killer cells to target cancers

Mon Oct 19 2020 - 07:00

Irish pharma deal hopes to significantly improve cancer treatment

Avectas, backed by industry veteran Seamus Mulligan, takes a stake in Galway-based ONK Therapeutics

Wed May 06 2020 - 05:56

Behind the scenes at an Irish Covid-19 hospital

Photographer Alan Betson spends a day with staff at St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin

Sat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00

Doctors seek new solutions for helping seriously ill Covid-19 patients

Potential coronavirus treatments remain experimental due to lack of good trial data

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 02:31

Coronavirus: ‘We can save hundreds; the public can save thousands’

Medics alarmed at public flouting Covid-19 social-distancing guidelines in Dublin pubs

Mon Mar 16 2020 - 00:37

No capacity in main Dublin hospitals for extra patients needing intensive care

Senior doctor says Ireland will struggle to deal with even a small number of severely ill patients should virus occur here

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 02:30

Cancellations and confusion as coronavirus threat edges closer

Latin America and Pakistan record their first cases, as list of at-risk regions expands

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 00:25

‘Very promising’ findings in new treatment for blood cancer

NUI Galway and Blood Cancer Network team up to find treatment for multiple myeloma

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 19:06

India’s Amritsar massacre bore the ‘made in Ireland’ mark

The governor, Sir Michael O’Dwyer from Tipperary, approved of the mass killing 100 years ago

Sat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00

Estimated 2,000 take part in Dublin Sikh parade

Event in the Sandymount area marked Vaisakhi annual festival

Sun Apr 07 2019 - 20:45

Down the Junction – Frank McNally on three very contrasting figures from the same corner of South Tipperary

Fri Mar 29 2019 - 18:10

Blow by blow: Timeline of the War of Independence

How the war began and how it progressed over the course of 1919

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 00:00

Mincon Group begins operation of ‘game changing’ technology

Irish engineering company successfully fits technology on customer rig in Australia

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 17:51

UK needs to revoke article 50 application immediately – John Major

‘Whether you are a Remainer or Leaver, no one can welcome chaos’, ex-PM says

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 15:33

Carrick Therapeutics head Sullivan named best emerging entrepreneur

Elaine Sullivan leads cancer research firm to an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Thu Oct 25 2018 - 19:00

Man (37) pleads guilty to unlawful killing of nephew’s friend

Tadhg Butler, from Tramore, had been tried for murder of Michael O’Dwyer three times

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 14:28

Irish man leads largest European programme for new cancer therapy

Treatment ‘almost miraculous’ in successfully targeting childhood leukaemia

Thu Nov 30 2017 - 01:00

Dublin-based start-up SwiftComply raises $900,000

Former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta among those to back Irish company

Thu Mar 02 2017 - 08:06

Irish oncology start-up attracts $95m funding

Carrick Therapeutics is headed by former Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca executive

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 10:06

Dobson scoops industry award

Co-founder of Dunbia crowned EY Industry Entrepreneur of the Year

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00

EY Entrepreneur of the Year industry category: Michael O’Dwyer, TyreCheck

‘I had a situation in a previous business where we had to downsize. Telling a colleague they no longer had a job was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done’

Tue Jun 23 2015 - 15:41

Life sentence for murder of man with stab wound to chest

Victim impact statement said hardest thing family ever had to do was tell grandmother

Fri May 15 2015 - 16:01

Jury discharged in trial of Kilkenny man accused of murder

Judge decides that case should be tried by different jury due to certain legal issues

Thu Apr 30 2015 - 14:06