Decision expected next week at Roche Ireland
The decision to suspend clinical trials of cholesterol drug dalcetrapib was a major blow to Roche Ireland in Clarecastle. The company had been developing this drug for nearly five years and invested an estimated $1 billion in trying to bring it to market. Much preparation had taken place at the plant in Clarecastle to lay […]
Details of Steering Group and Taskforces overseeing a new Shannon Airport
I believe the Steering Group and Taskforces responsible for a new Shannon Airport has both experience and expertise and made up of some of the best possible talent available to the Government. In respect of County Clare, there is strong local involvement through persons such as Dr Vincent Cunnane, CEO of Shannon Development, Rose Hynes, […]
Some of the things I worked on in May
The past month saw Shannon Airport move centre stage with two senior Government Ministers, Leo Varadkar and Richard Bruton, making a joint statement following cabinet approval giving Independence to Shannon Airport from the DAA and bringing it together with Shannon Development to form a new entity with a commercial mandate in public ownership. While more detail has […]