US medical technology group, Cook Medical, is expecting regulatory approval soon on a new device being developed in Limerick that will change the lives of millions of people around the world suffering from circulatory problems.
The company is well in to a recruitment campaign that will see 200 new staff working on its new Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent, which is used for the treatment of blocked arteries in the leg, reports Businessworld.ie. Cook Medical is investing E25m in a manufacturing and services facility in Limerick that will create the 200 jobs over the next five years and is currently building a state-of-the-art Clean Room.
Cook already employs 480 staff here, having established a base in Limerick's National Technology Park in 1996 and plans for its Limerick facility to be its world centre for Zilver PTX
Unions at Bord na Móna have deferred strike action after a meeting this morning.
It is understood that workers will be balloted on Thursday on new proposals from the company. RTE reports that a picket was placed on some Bord na Mána works this morning, but the action has now been lifted until the ballot in Tullamore.
Workers at Bord na Móna bogs in Offaly, Westmeath and Longford had voted in favour of strike action three weeks ago.
British Airways today launched a new business-only flight from London City to New York, via Shannon, as it tries to fight back from its worst ever financial crisis.
The airline, which announced record annual losses of £401 million last month, is to charge up to £5,000 return for a seat on the twice daily flights from London City Airport to JFK, reports the London Evening Standard. Billed as a “City-to-Wall Street” flight, the carrier is promising executives the most convenient connection between the two financial centres.
The cash-strapped airline has purchased two small A318 planes — that will carry just 32 high-paying passengers. The service will begin in September — shortly before BA ends its Gatwick to New York service after 25 years.
As the planes are so small, there will be a refuelling stop at Shannon in Ireland — where passengers will be able to clear US immigration. BA bosses hope that a 15-minute check-in at City Airport and not having to queue for immigration at New York's JFK will cancel out the 45-minute refuelling stop, making it as quick as other transatlantic flights.
US medical technology group, Cook Medical, is expecting regulatory approval soon on a new device being developed in Limerick that will change the lives of millions of people around the world suffering from circulatory problems.
