In solidarity with those affected by the war in Ukraine, we at Fastnet - The Talent Group will be climbing Carrauntoohil on April 30th 2022. We will be keeping the people of Ukraine in our thoughts and raising money in aid of the Irish Red Cross.     Red Cross teams are on the ground ...

Over the past number of weeks, the Fastnet team has been spreading some Christmas cheer and giving a little something to those less fortunate than ourselves.  Team Hope works with communities to transform children’s lives by tackling poverty and inequality through its Christmas Shoebox Appeal, sustainable d...

Fastnet - The Talent Group®  is celebrating 20 years of Talent and Recruitment consultancy in the Life Sciences sector this week.  Founded in 1999, Directors Niamh and Pat O’Driscoll had a very clear strategy based on three pillars: to be expert in the life sciences sector; to provide an excepti...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Evelyn Kelleher to the position of Contract Solutions Specialist.  Evelyn has a wealth of experience in the areas of Contract Solutions, Customer Service and Recruitment from her previous roles with Life Science Consultants and Amazon. “Evelyn’s primary...

In recent years the Irish Life Science sector has shown extremely strong growth with major investments from several large multinationals.  The sector makes an enormous contribution to the Irish economy, according to Enterprise Ireland, with the total Life Science sector exporting goods to a value of over €45 ...

Good Shepherd Cork is a charity that is very close to our hearts at Fastnet – The Talent Group® and we were delighted to spend a day volunteering last Thursday rolling up our sleeves and getting stuck into some cleaning and organising at their Grattan Street location. Good Shepherd Cork is a registered chari...

The Transition Year (TY) Programme is a unique one-year programme that promotes the personal, social, vocational and educational development of students and prepares them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society.  Importantly, TY provides a bridge to enable students...

Gaining a good understanding of a bioprocessing pilot plant and learning about its extensive upstream, downstream, fill-finish and the associated analytical facilities were top of the list for our Fastnet colleagues when they recently visited the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dub...