Oct13Tue

Member News from Aer Lingus

Cork man Sean Doyle named as British Airways’ new chief executive

Donal Moriarty will replace Doyle as CEO of Aer Lingus

The Irish Times

Sean Doyle, current Aer Lingus chairman and chief executive, is to become the new chief executive of British Airways, taking over from Alex Cruz. Donal Moriarty, currently Aer Lingus’ chief corporate affairs officer, will now assume the top job at the airline.

In a statement on Monday, IAG, which owns both Aer Lingus and British Airways, said that Cruz has stepped down after four-and-a-half years in the role.

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Sep22Tue

Life Science Forum company in the news

Irish drug that could cure Parkinson’s Disease sold for $446 million
IrishCentral.com

Dr. Jeremy Skillington, Vice President of Business Development for Inflazome, travelled to Philadelphia to participate in our Life Sciences Forum this January. In one of the largest deals in Irish biotech history, Inflazome, based out of Trinity, has been sold to Roche.

The Dublin-based drug sells opening treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and cardiovascular disease to the market.

An Irish company that develops treatments for inflammatory diseases, a collaboration between Trinity College Dublin and the University of Queensland, has been sold for an up-front payment of $446m (€380m) from Roche, plus additional payments based on the achievement of certain milestones.

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Sep21Mon

Female Founders Pre Accelerator Program

Thank you to our colleagues from the Donegal Local Enterprise Office for sharing information about a new online programme for female entrepreneurs! It is an pre-accelerator designed and tailored to encourage and support female entrepreneurs with ambition to set up scalable businesses, and the interesting thing for you is it’s open to those connected to the Donegal Diaspora as well as those resident in Donegal.

The webpage with further details on the Programme and a link to the Application Form is available here.