How Ireland grew from life science irrelevance to global research hub in 50 years.

A competitive research base will deliver a robust and flexible economy.

Famously private, and equally generous, Chuck Feeney helped transform Irish academic research.

Decades of emigration left scars on the Irish psyche, but Ireland is reaping the benefits as its diaspora returns.

Positioning Ireland as a location for life sciences is a welcome challenge for the head of IDA Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland's unique public-private approach to getting research into business.

The turn to science in Emerald Isle has happened without much public support.

Ireland's chief scientific advisor began as a classics scholar, but was soon won over to animal genetics.

Two new Dublin institutes are helping position Ireland as a world force in bioprocessing.

The pharmaceutical industry is thriving in Ireland.

Old-world courtesy helped him rise from untrained bank clerk to the driver of major pharma projects.

Former personnel are spreading the 'Elan testosterone' throughout Irish life sciences.

Irish companies provide multinational pharmaceutical companies with a host of services.

Approaching 80, the founder of Galen and Almac attributes his success to persistance and a special kind of stupidity.

Nourished by research funding and optimism, new biotechnology firms are sprouting across the country.
Opsona Therapeutics: Taking a new approach to Toll-like receptors
Merrion Pharmaceuticals: Delivering on expectations
Biotrin A biomarker stalwart
Celtic Catalysts: A focus on chiral drugs
Alimentary Health: Developing probiotics for clinical use
AGI Therapeutics: Repurposing old drugs for gastrointestinal indications
IdentiGEN: Old bones, new technology

This Australian-born, Ireland-based serial entrepreneur is always on the lookout for biotech cherries ripe for the picking.

How the closure of a computer manufacturing plant gave rise to Galway's thriving medical devices industry.

Bench-to-bedside research is profiting from a collaborative spirit in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Excellent science and researchers are what's needed for Ireland's future High-tech economy.

The "pharmabiotic" researcher from University College Cork has his mother to thank for his career choice.

Thanks to the growth in government funding, Irish universities can now cooperate, not just compete.

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease: Harald Hampel and his team zero in on the disease's biomarkers.
A Matter of Breeding: Emmeline Hill is taking her family's horse-breeding history into the genomic era.
Gut Instincts: Patrick Johnston's team is using transcriptome mapping to help choose treatments for colorectal cancer.
Combination Therapy: Galway's Remedi center brings together stem cells and gene therapy to tissue repair.
Drawn to Death: Apoptosis has fascinated Trinity College Dublin's Seamus Martin since his PhD 20 years ago.
Sweet Spot: Diabetes researchers at the University of Ulster may have hit a winner with a hormone dubbed GIP.

Three top immunologists moved back to Ireland in the 1990s and have been attracting great researchers ever since.

Will tight education funding hinder Ireland's efforts to build a knowledge economy?