Luke O'Neill said Ireland's underinvestment in science and research compared to the European average was a concern

The Peaceplus funding will support 96 enterprises in a number of joint innovation projects.

Olivia Humphreys, 24, from Limerick, came up with the invention Athena after her own mother’s battle with cancer.

Christopher Vickers, who is a chemist by profession, says he has invented the formulation which he says is something of the "holy grail"

The area surrounding Ballina’s new Innovation Quarter (IQ) is in danger of becoming a "ghetto", it has been claimed. Cllr John O’Hara told a meeting of Mayo County Council that graffiti has been daubed on a wall at the new IQ campus in Market Square.