Tech

Merck says the new Blarney site is its first manufacturing facility designed for ‘full climate-neutral operations’ and will operate on 100pc renewable electricity. Read more: Merck opens new €150m Cork manufacturing site, plans 200 jobs

Carina Völkerling discusses how a graduate programme can empower young professionals to grow into their future roles. Read more: Building confidence with a graduate consulting programme

Sweeney was a special advisor to the Government before moving on to lead public policy at companies including Facebook. Read more: Former Facebook policy lead Niamh Sweeney appointed DPC commissioner

The latest episode of The Leaders’ Room features Deirdre Giblin, vice-president of operations and site lead for Datavant Ireland. This series is created in partnership with IDA Ireland. Read more: The Leaders’ Room: A lifetime of learning with Datavant’s Deirdre Giblin

Dublin’s Barespace, which bills itself as the ‘operating system’ for the hair and beauty industry, has raised €2.9m to accelerate its UK and European expansion. Read more: Barespace raises further €2.9m to digitise European salons

AI2Peat lead Dr Corrado Grappiolo tells SiliconRepublic.com that he wants government agencies to use their data for effective policymaking. Read more: Green-tech peat and batteries projects win €2.5m national challenge

Securing a STEM internship takes research, resources and time, so here is some useful information to get you started. Read more: Launching a STEM career? Top tips for securing an internship

EU Inc, a proposed single pan-European legal entity, could ensure our most innovative start-ups choose Europe over Delaware, says DC Cahalane. Read more: Opinion: Europe’s regulatory discord is killing our start-ups – here’s the fix

The delay was inevitable given Trump’s promise that a deal is nearly finalised for the ByteDance-owned platform’s US assets. Read more: TikTok US ban delayed again as deal for US assets underway