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Aquila Bioscience, a University of Galway spin-out is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a nature-inspired pathogen decontamination technology for safer space exploration.

Entreprenuers have until this Thursday to apply for the 'Back for Business' support programme.

Primark, which operates as Penneys in Ireland, has announced an investment of over €25m to support its expansion plans in Poland.

New figures show that, as expected, Monday 23 December was the most popular shopping day of 2024, with consumers spending €107m on that one day alone, an increase of €11.9m on the busiest trading day in 2023.

Lidl Ireland is to give Dublin supplier Naked Bakes a €700,000 permanent listing on its 223 stores across the island of Ireland after a successful stint on its 2024 Kickstart Supplier Development Programme.

Danish home retail brand JYSK said it plans to open five new stores across Ireland this year as well as opening a new head office in Park West Business Park as it continues its expansion across the country.

Bord Gáis Energy has completed the acquisition of Swyft Energy, a solar PV provider in Ireland, after it secured approval from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.

Ryanair has reiterated its call for a limit of two alcoholic drinks per passenger to be introduced at airport bars.

Fuel and forecourt retailer Applegreen has agreed a deal to sell its UK petrol filling business to EG On The Move, a UK operator of filling stations and convenience stores.

Irish food and drink makers feel "broadly positive" about current economic conditions, but the mood is slightly less positive than other industries, and likely to turn more negative in the months ahead.

British drugmaker GSK said today that it would pay up to $1.15 billion to buy Boston-based biopharmaceutical firm IDRx, which is developing a treatment for a rare type of tumour.

Today's robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon.com are winding down diversity programmes ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the US presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder.

China's exports gained momentum in December, with imports also showing recovery, though strength at the year-end was in part fuelled by factories rushing inventory overseas as they braced for heightened trade risks under a Trump presidency.

Sales at InterSport Elverys sports retail chain in 2023 surged to a record €129m "thanks in large part to phenomenal sales during the Rugby World Cup period".

Lufthansa expects its planned stake in Italy's ITA Airways to increase the German flagship carrier's profits by hundreds of millions of euros in the coming years, chief executive Carsten Spohr told the FAZ newspaper in an interview published today.

British gambling group Entain said it expects core profit for 2024 to be at the top end of its forecast range, helped by operator friendly sports results during the fourth quarter despite unfavourable sporting results in the US.

London's Heathrow Airport said 2024 was its busiest year for passenger numbers.

Protesters have staged a demonstration ahead of the first sitting of a public inquiry into an application for a gold mine in a protected area of Co Tyrone.

A public inquiry on a controversial proposal to build a gold mine in a protected area of Co Tyrone is to get under way.