Éowyn: European early warning on red alert
The European early weather warning system is on red alert ahead of Storm Éowyn which is expected to hit Ireland on Friday. Met Éireann first issued its red alert across…
EU urges better hospital cybersecurity
The European Commission has put forward plans to tighten up hospital cybersecurity EU-wide. The Health Service Executive (HSE) was hit by a devastating attack in May 2021. A ransomware attack…
EU considering Irish request for Cork Commuter Rail funding
The European Commission is analysing the Irish government’s request for €115 million in grants under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The RRF was set up after the covid…
Ireland ‘over-reliant’ on foreign doctors and nurses
Ireland’s “over-reliance” on foreign-trained doctors and nurses “risks exacerbating workforce shortages” in the countries where they come from, the OECD has warned. More than 40 percent of doctors, and more…
Farm deaths chronically under-recorded
The number of people killed and injured on farms across Europe is significantly higher than previously thought, an Irish-led project has discovered. Agriculture is already classed as one of the…
Dublin researchers €16 million for cutting edge science
Researchers at Dublin universities have been selected to take part in two international projects funded by the EU’s Horizon Programme. The two projects involving Irish universities will receive around €16…
Seven Irish projects win EU Horizon grants
Seven Irish projects win EU #Horizon Starting Grants including: – probing exoplanet atmospheres at Trinity College Dublin – “trapping and killing” brain cancers at the University of Galway – challenging…
Irish drinking water breaking EU law
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Ireland broke EU law by not sufficiently reducing levels of chemical compounds in drinking water. Under a directive dating back to 1998,…