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PROFESSIONAL IRELANDNovember 5, 2008 Issue No.668Business and academic news for the global Irish community
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ContentsICT NEWS
LIFE SCIENCES
BANKING & FINANCE
TOURISM & TRANSPORT
THE ECONOMY
GENERAL NEWS:
DIARY
APPOINTMENTS
ACADEMIC NEWS
JOB ADVERTISEMENTSUniversity of Limerick
National University of Ireland, Galway
University of Limerick
Craft Council of Ireland
ICT NEWSNovaUCD celebrates five years of successful commercialisationNovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin, is celebrating its first five years of successful commercialisation activities. Since its official opening in October 2003, 44 high-tech and knowledge-intensive companies have occupied incubation space at NovaUCD and availed of NovaUCD’s related innovation services. Successful NovaUCD client companies include BiancaMed, Celtic Catalysts, ChangingWorlds, Duolog Technologies and Visor. Since 2004, 70 individuals and 46 projects have also completed NovaUCD’s Campus Company Development Programme (CCDP) to assist entrepreneurs in the establishment and development of knowledge-intensive enterprises. Twenty-four innovative ventures with 200 employees are currently based at NovaUCD and occupy 90% of the available incubation space. An additional ten early stage companies are also currently based in NovaUCD’s desk space. According to Dr Pat Frain, Director, NovaUCD, “International experience shows that there is a long lead-time involved in commercialising the results of university research. NovaUCD’s growing success over the last five years clearly demonstrates that the public investment in UCD R&D is likely to yield a significant return to the Irish economy and society”. http://www.ucd.ie/nova/ Digiweb opens new Dublin date centreDigiweb, the Dundalk-based broadband and telecoms provider, has opened a new data centre at its Blanchardstown Technology Campus in Dublin. The firm, which recently acquired web-host specialist Novara, provides secure co-location, disaster recovery facilities, managed servers and network hardware. Digiweb's new data centre gives the firm 50% increased capacity to meet what hosting and managed services manager Dan King describes as “significant market demand”. http://www.digiweb.ie Belfast software firm wins contract with major Arabian Gulf hospitalThe Belfast subsidiary of the global healthcare corporation Philips Healthcare has won a £300k contract to supply its pioneering cardiac management software to a major hospital in the Arabian Gulf, following an Invest NI trade mission. The Belfast company, which employs 25 people at the company’s technology centre in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, is installing its software at the Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contract, the company’s first in the Gulf, was secured following leads identified during the Invest NI mission to markets in the oil rich region, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Prior to its acquisition by Philips earlier this year, the former Tomcat Systems had developed a substantial business with major cardiac care units at hospitals in Britain and Ireland, including the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. It is now working closely with the global network of Philips offices to expand sales in other target export markets including North America. http://www.healthcare.philips.com/main/products/healthcare_informatics ParallelGraphics signs deal with NipponiaDublin-headquartered ParallelGraphics, a provider of 3D 'Visual Know-How' authoring software, has won a contract with Nipponia, a worldwide motorcycle and scooter manufacturer which has purchased its Cortona3D RapidCatalog software. Nipponia will use the product to create an interactive online spare parts catalogue for its worldwide dealer network. Dealers will be able to manipulate scooter images on the Web to order the exact parts, and send a purchase order via a Web shopping cart. In addition the deployment of the software will standardise spares manufacturing and ensure that strict quality standards are adhered to and an audit trail of all parts improvements is maintained. http://www.parallelgraphics.com/ LIFE SCIENCESUS drug firm to create 170 jobs in €200m Carlow investmentIt was reported during the week that pharmaceutical company Merck Sharpe and Dohme will create 170 jobs at a new vaccine facility in Carlow. The original announcement was made exactly a year ago but the story was again news as Taoiseach Brian Cowen was in Carlow for the commencement of the construction work on the new plant. More than 300 people will be employed in the construction phase over the next 18 months. The €200m investment will bring the company's total Irish workforce to over 700 within the next four years. Merck Sharpe and Dohme currently employs more than 460 people at its two facilities at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and Leopardstown in Dublin. The new facility, which will be the first stand-alone human vaccine project in Ireland, will involve a formulation and sterile filling operation and an R&D team to support a number of recently launched vaccines and new products in the future. Taoiseach Brian Cowen said the investment by the global pharmaceutical giant was an extremely welcome development in “these difficult times”. http://www.msd-ireland.com/index_mmd_carlow.html Elan slumps on new PML case reportShares in Elan plunged in Dublin last Thursday after the pharmaceutical firm and its partner Biogen reported a third case of the brain disease PML in a patient using their multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri. The companies revised the drug’s prescribing information in July following two cases of PML reported in patients taking Tysabri. Tysabri had been withdrawn from the market in 2005 after three patients contracted PML, but returned to the market in 2006 with warnings about the possible affects. The news comes just one week after Elan reported a 53% increase in third quarter revenues, driven by the success of Tysabri. The company said the drug generated in-market sales of $237m for the period.Elan slumped 49% early in the day but recovered somewhat to close down 93 cent at €4.92. http://www.elan.ie BANKING & FINANCEAIB releases gloomy forecastAn interim management statement released by AIB this morning prompted a fall in the bank's share price. It dropped by more than 9% in early trading but had recovered most of that before the close of business. A gloomy forecast talked of an increase in the provision for bad debts, much reduced profits, no dividend for shareholders and no "meaningful market recovery" in the residential market until 2011. The growth in the provision for bad debts was triggered by a concern for the difficulties now being experienced by developers in the residential property sector. The earnings per share forecast for the current year is now €1.20, compared with a previous forecast of between €1.80 and €1.90; analysts had predicted around €1.70. The AIB statement is available on its website . IIB Bank decides against Ireland’s guarantee schemeBelgian-owned IIB Bank, which now operates under the name of its parent, KBC, in a recent rebranding, has become the third foreign-owned Irish bank to decide against participation in the State guarantee scheme. KBC Bank Ireland made the decision in the wake of a €3.5bn injection of capital by the Belgian government into its parent bank early last week. The development follows a similar decision by Halifax-Bank of Scotland (HBOS) Ireland, which also opted out of the scheme. Much earlier National Irish Bank, now Danish-owned, decided against participating in the scheme. Savings bank Postbank, the joint venture between An Post and French bank BNP Paribas, said it had submitted its “acceptance deed” to join the guarantee scheme. Ulster Bank and its sister company, First Active, which are owned by British bank RBS, have said they are processing their applications to join. TOURISM & TRANSPORTBA to halt Dublin-Gatwick service over €10 exit taxBritish Airways (BA) is to suspend its service from Dublin to London’s Gatwick Airport from March 30 due to the €10 exit tax which comes into effect on that date on flights of more than 300km. BA chief executive Willie Walsh said the route had been under review but the new tax “sealed the deal for us”. He was critical of the exit tax, saying it would have a detrimental effect on airports such as Shannon. Mr Walsh said the cut was part of a wider cost-reduction programme which would see BA’s schedules trimmed by at least 3% this year. He went on to say that Ireland is the fifth biggest market for BA in Europe, generating about €88m in revenues for the company each year. Ryanair loses High Court kiosk bidRyanair has decided against installing self-service kiosks at Dublin Airport following an unsuccessful High Court bid to stop the DAA requiring the airline to sign a licensing and fee agreement relating to the kiosks. A charge of €1,200 per kiosk is coming into effect from January for all airlines using the self-service check-in machines. Ryanair said the DAA’s planned charge of €52k for 44 kiosks was treble charging airlines for terminal floor space at the airport. Ryanair said the terminal space was already being double charged through the €15 departing passenger fee and an annual €25,000 rental fee for each check-in desk. Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said Dublin was the only airport in Europe charging for kiosks. He went on to say the airline would now be expediting plans to migrate all Dublin passengers to online check-in in an effort to avoid “these abusive monopoly rentals”. Marriott to create 220 jobs in second Cork operationOne of the world’s largest hotel chains, Marriott International, is to create 220 new jobs at a new call centre at North Valley Business Park on the Old Mallow Road near Blackpool on Cork's north side. The new centre already employs 160 people and the company expects to recruit the remaining 60 staff in the next two to three years. The project, which is supported by IDA Ireland, will be responsible for handling reservation and customer inquiry calls from Ireland, Britain and Continental Europe for Marriott International's more than 3,100 hotels. It's the second Marriott investment in Cork as the group already employs some 160 people as part of its Marriott Vacation Club International subsidiary at the Cork Airport Business Park, following an €8m investment in 2002. Ryanair Q2 profits fall 47% on fuel costs
Ryanair has posted a steeper than expected 30.9% drop in second-quarter profit but said it expects to break even in the full year, dropping earlier warnings of a possible loss. Fuel costs more than doubled from €392.7m to €788.5m for the half year to September. "If oil prices remain at approximately $80 per barrel next year then our earnings will rebound strongly," according to chief executive Michael O'Leary. Traffic grew by 19% for the six months to 32 million, as average fares (incl. bag charges) fell by 4% to €47, while total revenues grew by 16% to €1.8bn. Ryanair said it will forge ahead with plans to keep cutting fares aggressively, with average fares in the second half expected to fall by between 15-20%, leading to losses in each of those two quarters. "Our full year average fare could fall by almost 12%, although these lower fares will be largely offset by lower fuel costs (currently $73 per barrel in Q4)," Mr O'Leary said.
Meanwhile, Ryanair warned it may be forced to cut flights from its Shannon base by up to three-quarters from next November, unless changes are made to the government's planned €10 air travel tax. THE ECONOMYCommission takes Ireland to task over deficitThe European Commission has opened an excessive deficit procedure against the Irish Government for the sharp deterioration in our public finances which have led to a breach in the rules on borrowing. The Commission forecast that Ireland, whose economy will contract this year and next, will see the biggest increase in its deficit, from 5.5% this year to 6.8% next year and 7.2% in 2010. Under the EU stability and growth pact, EU states are required to keep their budget deficit to GDP ratio below a 3% limit and maintain a debt/GDP ratio below 60%. Under the terms of the pact, a government which fails to bring its deficit below the 3% ceiling over three or four years is subject to fines. EU Economy and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia described the initiation of proceedings as a “budgetary surveillance exercise. . . designed to help Ireland rectify its budgetary position and preserve stability in the euro zone”. Commenting on the move, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said: “This is part of the procedure that the Commission employs in these circumstances and we will work well with them and constructively with them". A report outlining the size and cause of the budget deficit in Ireland will be presented to the EU finance ministers, most likely in December. The European Commission will then make recommendations to correct the deficit. "Ireland must wean itself from dependence on FDI", US expertAddressing a seminar ‘FDI: What’s the Forecast?’ hosted by UCD Business Schools, senior economic advisor to Barack Obama and former US Under-Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs Dr Robert Shapiro warned, “Ireland must wean itself from dependence on Foreign Direct Investment”. Dr Shapiro, along with Irish and international experts from Wyeth, Intel, CRH, Citibank and UCD, explored the challenges facing Ireland in its fight to retain FDI and the solutions we must embrace to remain an attractive investment location for international firms. Shapiro predicted that a highly skilled, English speaking workforce is the key to giving Ireland an advantage over all other states competing for FDI. He went on to say, however, the next stage is not FDI but a series of policies that actively promote spill-overs from FDI corporations to Irish indigenous firms. “The best way forward is for young Irish people to become entrepreneurs and force existing business to compete and become the best in the world”, he added. “The ability to develop ideas is the single most critical factor and source of wealth and growth for advanced economies today, replacing physical assets, and this is what Ireland needs to focus on”, he concluded. Also at the seminar Jim O’Hara, General Manager of Intel Ireland, warned that the inflated costs of energy, utilities and wages will damage our FDI prospects. He went on to suggest that Ireland has a great opportunity "to become a turn-key solution to enter Europe for Chinese firms". Live Register tops 250,000The number of people out of work at the end of October reached 251,951, an increase of 11,734 on the previous month. Seasonally adjusted the increase was 15,800 and the unemployment rate is now 6.7%. The last time the Live Register topped 250,000 was back in 1997 although today there are many more people in the workforce so the situation is not nearly as bad as we experienced in the 1980s and 1990s. http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/labour_market/current/lreg.pdf Irish venture capital funding holds up despite credit crunchThe IVCA VenturePulse survey shows that Irish companies raised €70.8m from venture capital investors in the three months to September 2008, despite the global credit crunch. This compares to €75.4m raised in the same period of 2007 and €53.9m in 2006. The total raised in 2008 to date is up 23% to €174.3m compared to €141.5m in the same period last year and €162.7m in 2006. The number of companies that have raised funds this year is 64 compared to 73 in the same period in 2007 and 31 in 2006. The number of Irish investors involved this year to date is 22, representing 92 investments, while16 International funds made 18 investments. “Irish companies continue to attract interest from international as well as local VC investors”, commented Regina Breheny, director general, Irish Venture Capital Association. A breakdown of where the funds are being invested shows that the communications sector received a majority of the funding in the last quarter, with two companies raising €25.2m. The telecoms and business services sector also featured prominently, with two companies raising €17.6m and four companies raising €21.7m respectively. http://www.ivca.ie/ GENERAL NEWS:Limerick CC first local authority to install solar panelsLimerick County Hall and Library headquarters have become the first state-owned buildings in the country to install Photovoltaic solar panels, a move it estimates will reduce their carbon footprint and energy usage. The majority of existing solar technologies used in state-owned premises throughout the country use sunlight to heat water only. Commenting on the installation, Chris Barry, Facilities Manager with Limerick County Council said: “This project fits in with the overall energy strategy of the council and the Government's National Climate Change Strategy 2007-12, which aims to provide for 15% of electricity to be generated from renewable by 2010.” “Cool Power agreed to install the system and remain the owner of the arrays, while Limerick County Council buys the green electricity generated from the system, avoiding the upfront cost of the installation”, he added. Limerick County Council will monitor the new system for the next year to get accurate data on energy consumption but it is estimated the Council will reduce its dependence on mains electricity by 10% to 15%, generating electricity seven days a week. Cork companies seek business opportunities in PolandA delegation of 15 Cork companies seeking partnerships and export opportunities in Poland travelled on a three-day ‘Trading Link Cork’ trade mission to Wroclaw last week. The event was organised by the Wroclaw Chamber of Commerce in order to facilitate introductions and networking between potential business partners from Poland, Ireland, Canada and Japan. The companies attended a business seminar ‘Doing Business in Poland’ and a Wroclaw Business Matching (WBM) event on Wednesday. Sectors represented at the event included packaging, architectural services and engineering as well as environmental services and furniture. Trading Link Cork is a partnership between Cork County Council, The Enterprise Boards of Cork City, South and West Cork and Cork Chamber, assisting Cork companies to explore the international marketplace. resource wins UK award for employee programmeresource, a support services company that operates across Ireland and Britain, has picked up a national award from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in London for successfully engaging and motivating its 15,000-strong workforce after a series of acquisitions. The CBI/Real Business Human Capital Awards celebrate the impact of human resources-led programmes on the performance of organisations in the public and private sector. The Ballymena-headquartered resource won the ‘Service’ category ahead of a strong shortlist that included Centrica, Bupa Care Homes, Manpower and Allstate Northern Ireland. The award recognised the company’s achievements in developing the ‘Our Kind of People’ strategy, an employee programme developed by senior management to help employees feel proud to work for resource, to focus on customers and to realise they can make a real difference to the business. Delighted with the win, Terence Brannigan, chief executive, resource, said: “We're really pleased to win this award because it recognises our unique employee programme. We firmly believe that as a people-based service company our employees are our greatest asset and we created "Our Kind of People" to help us focus on training employees and creating a culture of motivation and service excellence". Geoghegan steps down as Jurys CEONiall Geoghegan has quit his role as chief executive of the Quinlan Private-controlled Jurys Inns hotel chain. Mr Geoghegan said he was looking for a new challenge and had identified other opportunities to pursue. Jurys Inns has appointed John Brennan, currently director of hospitality and leisure at Quinlan Private Group, as interim chief executive. The company has embarked on a recruitment process to identify a new chief executive to manage its 23 three-star hotels in Ireland and Britain. Jurys Inns was last year sold to investment group Quinlan Private for €1.165bn. DIARYIrish Diaspora Forum planned for Dublin on November 10A Diaspora Forum, following on from one which attracted 1,00 0delegates in New York last year, is scheduled to take place in UCD on November 10. The purpose of the event is to explore and to stimulate discussion on issues that are of significance to people in Ireland and to people elsewhere who identify with Ireland and with Irishness. Those interested in attending this free event should register as soon as possible to provide the organisers with numbers for catering and parking. http://www.ucd.ie/hume/ Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland 2008 – November 18-19Cisco Systems and Microsoft Ireland are to sponsor a major Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) event, "Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland 2008", that will link high-potential local companies with Silicon Valley leaders. The event, which takes place on November 18 and 19 at Trinity College Dublin, is hosted by ITLG, a group of senior Irish-American technology executives dedicated to strengthening development ties between Silicon Valley and Ireland. The event will afford executives from early-stage and mature Irish technology firms, hopeful of accessing US markets, the opportunity to meet business leaders, policy makers and key industry organisations from Silicon Valley. http://www.itlg.org it@cork conference programme launched – November 26The theme for the tenth annual it@cork Technology in Business Conference is "Green IT - Reduce CO2, Raise Profits". This year’s event – at the Radisson Hotel, Little Island, Cork on November 26 – will showcase the huge opportunities for technology companies to develop products and services to make businesses greener. “We aimed to get a balance this year between presenting delegates with information on why the development and use of green technology is important and having case studies from companies who have greened their own business or developed successful businesses within the sector,” explains Catherine Wall, it@cork programme manager. Guest speakers include: RTE’s George Lee; Douglas Neal, Research Fellow with the Leading Edge Forum; Chris Tuppen, director of Sustainable Development in BT; and Pádraig McManus of ESB, as well as speakers from Dell, IBM and STRATO on how they have made their companies greener. Registration is now open for Green IT - Reduce CO2, Raise Profits on www.itcork.ie. The fee is €300. ‘Delivering a Disaster Recovery Plan in Tough Times’ SeminarIT management software firm CA will host a free breakfast seminar for IT resellers wishing to deliver comprehensive and cost-effective disaster recovery plans in challenging market conditions. The seminar will take place from 8:30am to 11:30am on Thursday, November 13 at the Westbury Hotel, Grafton St, Dublin 2. For the full agenda and registration, go to http://www.ca.com/gb/events, or call Fergal Hennigan on 01-6077300. Complete Telecom hosts "The changing world of communications"Complete Telecom, in association with Cisco and Exterity, is hosting a free workshop entitled "The changing world of communications" on Wednesday, November 19 from 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Carlton Dublin Airport Hotel. It will present a vision of a new working environment where collaborative voice, video and business applications will allow users everywhere to stay informed, be more productive and deliver more value. The event, which is aimed at organisations of all sizes, will explore applications including digital signage, TV and video streaming and conferencing. An outline of how organisations can benefit from near instant distribution of mixed media content and collaboration will also be presented. To register, email name, company and contact details to seminars@complete.ie or telephone 01885 5400. APPOINTMENTSAccuris Networks Appoints US VP of Sales & DevelopmentDublin headquartered Accuris Networks, a specialist in roaming connectivity, has appointed David Reeder as VP Sales & Business Development for the Americas. Aidan Dillon, CEO of Accuris Networks, which manages its North American operations out of Denver, said that the appointment reflected a growing customer base and order book in the region. Accuris Network’s flagship product is AccuROAM, which enables roaming across diverse network types. David Reeder has over 17 years’ experience in wireless communications. Prior to joining Accuris Networks, he was Senior VP for a wireless telematics service provider and was VP Sales North America for Airspan Networks, a leading WiMAX equipment provider. David has also held management positions at USWEST Wireless and Superconducting Core Technologies, Inc. He holds a BA in Economics and a MS in Telecom Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder: www.accuris-networks.com Management appointment at Chill.ieLinda Flynn has been appointed call centre manager at Chill.ie, the online insurance provider. A qualified financial adviser with four years’ experience in the insurance industry, she formerly worked for Golden Pages and 123.ie. Her role will be to manage the Chill.ie call centre and sales team. http://www.chill.ie Ned Sullivan appointed as new Eircom chairmanEircom has named Ned Sullivan as its new non-executive chairman, replacing Pierre Danon, who announced in June that he was stepping down from the role. Ned is currently chairman of Greencore Group and McInerney Holdings and is also a non-executive director of Anglo Irish Bank. ACADEMIC NEWSHonorary degree for NUI, Galway technical officerJohn Muldoon, Chief Technical Officer with the School of Chemistry at NUI, Galway, was last week conferred with a Degree of master of Science for his contribution to chemistry and to community life. John has worked at the university for 45 years and is also heavily involved in his local GAA club, Shrule in Co. Mayo. http://www.nuigalway.ie Public lecture at TCD by Hamburg professorA public lecture hosted by the Trinity Immigration Initiative will be delivered tomorrow, Thursday at Trinity College Dublin by Professor Dr Ingrid Gogolin of Hamburg University. Prof. Gogolin will talk on "Migration, integration, educational success: Lessons (not) to be learnt from 'old' immigration countries". She is a member of the School of Education, Psychology and Human Movement at Hamburg University and has an international reputation for her research on the educational integration of children and adolescents from migrant backgrounds. http://www.tcd.ie IMSLA call for papersThe editors of "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America", published by the Society for Irish Latin American Studies, are seeking book, film and website reviews in all fields of Irish-Latin American relations. The deadline for proposals is November 30 2008 and guidelines can be found at http://www.irlandeses.org/contributions.htm NUI, Galway professor elected vice-president of OSAProfessor Christopher Dainty of NUI Galway has been elected as 2009 vice-president of the Optical Society of America, leading to his automatic appointment as president-elect in 2010, a year as president in 2011 and a further year as past president. Professor Dainty holds the Chair of Applied Physics in the School of Physics at the university. He was recently elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy. President of NUI Galway, Dr James J. Browne, said: “I would like to congratulate Professor Dainty on his election to the post of Vice-President and President elect of the OSA. This is a fitting recognition of his contribution to the science of optics and adds lustre to his own reputation, that of his research group and indeed of the University. NUI Galway is proud to count Professor Dainty as one of its academic staff.’ http://www.nuig.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=866 Two GMIT scientists to join Falvey expeditionJoanne O'Brien and Stephen Comerford, both marine scientists from the Marine Biodiversity Research Group in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, will be members of the Beyond Endurance Expedition led by Irish explorer Pat Falvey. The two scientists will leave for Antarctica this week to examine natural and man-made pathways for invasive species in the Southern Ocean. http://www.tyact2008.com/ http://www.gmit.ie/news-events/antarctica08-marine.html Pilot School Science Awards Scheme in CorkA pilot School Science Awards Scheme, sponsored by Boston Scientific and developed by Cork Chamber of Commerce's Science, Research and Innovation Policy Committee, was announced last week. The Scheme is aimed at pre-Junior Certificate students in a selected number of schools in Cork, with a view to encouraging students to consider studying Science and Engineering as they progress through their education and to consider careers in these key disciplines later in life. Those taking part will be invited to display their work as part of the Cork Chamber Science Fair in University College Cork on November 15. Nobel laureate delivers lecture at UUNobel laureate scientist Professor Bert Sakmann delivered a special lecture at the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster last week to mark his tenure as Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the university. The lecture was entitled "Decision-making: anatomy and physiology in the cerebral cortex". Professor Sakmann is leading a research project into the nature of nerve cells in order to learn more about how the brain processes information. The project is being conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology in Munich, the professor's chief base. http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/4107.html Botanical Symposium at TCDA botanical symposium, part of Trinity College Dublin's annual Lewis Glucksman Memorial Symposium, will take place in the university on Saturday November 15. Speaking at the event will be Anna Pavord, gardening correspondent of The Independent; taxonomist and curator at the National Botanic Gardens, Matthew Jebb; Dr Shelly Saguaro, author of "Garden Plots: The Politics and Poetics of Gardens"; and award winning garden designer, lecturer and writer Andrew Wilson. http://www.tcd.ie GMIT student wins gold in EstoniaAvril O'Connor, who is studying towards a BA in Culinary Arts at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, won a gold medal at the European Association of Hotel & Tourism Schools annual competition which took place in Estonia last month. Avril, who was accompanied by her tutor Mary Reid, won in the dessert/confectionary category. http://www.gmit.ie/news-events/culinary08-gold.html NUIG researcher to take up fellowship in The NetherlandsMichael Keeney, an Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology scholar, has been awarded a fellowship at Radboud University, Nijmegen in The Netherlands. During the course of the fellowship, which was awarded by the European Molecular Biology Organisation, he will spend three months at the university working in the area of tissue engineering. http://www.nuig.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=869
JOB ADVERTISEMENTS
University of LimerickSFI-STOKES PROGRAMME 2008
The University of Limerick, Ireland, invites applications from suitably qualified people who are interested in developing an application for a Professorship or Lectureship under the SFI-STOKES Programme (www.sfi.ie) The university is particularly interested in strengthening the following strategically important research areas:
Candidates are encouraged to contact the persons mentioned above for further information and informal discussions. Candidates at Professorial level should be proven leaders in their fields of research, be excellent motivators and teachers and actively contribute to their professional areas and to the wider community. At Lecturer level, candidates should have expertise, experience and a proven track record to enable them to contribute to the strategically important areas for the University of Limerick. They should be excellent motivators and experienced teachers, and active within their professional areas. Compatibility with the research priorities of UL are prerequisites for both Professorial and Lectureship appointments. Interested candidates should submit a CV to the address below by Friday 28th November 2008 to:
Alison O’Regan, HR Division, mailto:alison.oregan@ul.ie or telephone 0035361 213074 This project is funded by the National Development Plan 2007 – 2013
National University of Ireland, GalwayOllscoil na hÉireann, GaillimhPersonal Professor of Social Gerontology
Salary: €130,942 p.a.
Human Resources Office, NUI Galway National University of Ireland, Galway is an equal opportunities employer www.nuigalway.ie
University of LimerickThe University of Limerick (UL) with over 11,000 students and 1,300 staff is a young, energetic and enterprising University with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship. UL is situated on a superb riverside campus of over 130 hectares with the River Shannon as a unifying focal point. Outstanding recreational, cultural and sporting facilities further enhance this exceptional learning and working environment. Applications are invited for the following positions: Faculty of Science & EngineeringDepartment of Materials Science & TechnologyLecturer in Construction Management & Engineering
(2 posts) Lecturer in Civil EngineeringSalary Scales: €53,415 - €87,669 p.a. Further information for applicants and application material is available online from: http://www.ul.ie/hrvacancies/ The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, 28th November 2008. Applications must be completed online before 12 noon on the closing date. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified female and male candidates. The University is an equal opportunities employer and committed to selection on merit.
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