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...

In recent years, all digital and social media platforms have realised the power of video for their audiences. They have incorporated video as a key format to disseminate key information fast, and a tool to attract the attention of their audiences.  Video is by far the best format for engagement, reach and raising ...

The Irish Life Sciences sector has shown extremely strong growth in recent years with major investments from several large multinational companies such as MSD, BioMarin, WuXi Biologics, ILC Dover, DePuy and Pfizer, and the sector recording €39 billion in annual exports of pharma, bio and medical device products.&n...

Fastnet Participates in GT5K Challenge Our Fastnet colleagues recently took part in Grant Thornton Ireland’s Corporate 5K Team Challenge (GT5K) which was held in Cork on Wednesday, 12th June.  Now, in its 5th year, the Cork race took  runners through the heart of Cork city centre and around some of Cor...

In terms of attracting FDI in advanced manufacture in the Life Sciences, Ireland is probably number one globally – in the last 5 years alone we’ve secured close to €5 billion of new investment. There is no doubt however that continued success of existing and future Pharma, Biotech, MedTech and Diagnost...

The Engineering industry in Ireland is currently very strong and supports a broad range of companies across numerous sectors. It is estimated that there are 73,000 engineers in Ireland, with approximately 5,100 students graduating with Level 6 – Level 9 engineering qualifications each year, providing a solid cand...

Establishing Ireland as Europe’s STEM leader by 2026 is an ambitious goal but one which will certainly have a positive impact on the Irish economy.  A survey for The Irish Times, which focused on the top performing 1,000 companies, looked at global revenues and found that the top 10 firms were dominated by S...

The Engineering industry in Ireland is strong and supports a broad range of companies across numerous sectors.  It is estimated that there are 73,000 engineers in Ireland, with approximately 5,100 students graduating with Level 6 - Level 9 qualifications each year.  There is no doubt that engineers are in hig...