Please pray for the family of Karen Buckley, a 21 year old nurse murdered in Glasgow earlier this month. Karen is a cousin of long-time IABCN member, Jerry Buckley.
To read more about Karen, please click HERE.
A unique partnership to explore the use of viruses in the gut as potential therapeutics
The Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Mr. Enda Kenny will formally announce an exciting new research alliance between Janssen Biotech Inc., (Janssen), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre’s Microbiome Institute of Cork, Ireland, while visiting Washington, DC during the St Patrick’s Day Celebrations. This new research alliance, facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation, London, will explore the role of viruses in shaping the human microbiome and their potential use as novel treatments and/or biomarkers of inflammatory bowel disease.
A transatlantic trade deal between the European Union and the US could boost Irish GDP by 1.1 per cent and create up to 10,000 jobs in the export sector, according to a new report.
The report, by Copenhagen Economics on behalf of the government, found that sectors such as pharmaceuticals and chemicals, electrical machinery, agri-food especially dairy and processed food, and insurance, could be expected to gain from such an agreement.
But a Tranatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, known as TTIP, could have negative consequences for the beef sector and possibly for the services sector.
The report also claims that real wages could improve by 1.5 per cent on average across all skill groups as a result of a deal with wages in low-skill groups rising by 1.9 per cent.
Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton, TD, who is also the leader of the Labour Party and the Minister for Social Protection, is on a whirlwind St. Patrick’s weekend tour of Philadelphia, Boston and Pittsburgh to promote continued economic ties between the United States and Ireland.
On Saturday, March 14th, she addressed about 200 leaders of the local Irish community at a reception in Center City. To read more, please click HERE.
Prior to this large reception, the Irish Chamber hosted the Tanaiste for a private breakfast at The Rosenbach Museum, complete with a viewing of Joyce’s original “Ulysses.”
Standing grandly on the shores of Lough Corrib, the iconic Ashford Castle in Ireland will welcome guests back through its doors this month following a complete restoration.
