THIS WEEK:
1/ GENES FOR SALE: In a major investigation by @businessposthq and @noteworthy_ie, we reveal the extent of the harvesting of Irish genetic data by one company through dozens of links with Irish hospitals, universities & health organizations: https://www.businesspost.ie/health/genes-for-sale-the-harvesting-of-irish-genetic-data-7c72aabe">https://www.businesspost.ie/health/ge...
1/ GENES FOR SALE: In a major investigation by @businessposthq and @noteworthy_ie, we reveal the extent of the harvesting of Irish genetic data by one company through dozens of links with Irish hospitals, universities & health organizations: https://www.businesspost.ie/health/genes-for-sale-the-harvesting-of-irish-genetic-data-7c72aabe">https://www.businesspost.ie/health/ge...
2/ You can read even more about this in @mhdelaney’s piece on @thejournal_ie, which is based on Maria’s weeks of incredible and persistent work and is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to understand what’s happening genomics in ireland: https://www.thejournal.ie/selling-our-genes-5219781-Oct2020/">https://www.thejournal.ie/selling-o...
3/ On another topic entirely, Pat Phelan and the Cotter brothers talk about raising funds for their expansion plans in the teeth of a pandemic ... https://www.businesspost.ie/companies/pat-phelan-we-want-to-be-the-starbucks-of-botox-25014873">https://www.businesspost.ie/companies...
4/ Rehab Group, which is backed by taxpayer money, has had to pay out €10,000 to a former employee who was shown “a lack of care” over a bullying allegation. https://www.businesspost.ie/legal/ex-rehab-employee-receives-10000-payout-over-bullying-allegation-4f7f2855">https://www.businesspost.ie/legal/ex-...
5/ A businessman in Oklahoma, with investments in nursing homes and funeral homes, has bought a stake an up-and-coming Irish whiskey distillery. https://www.businesspost.ie/hospitality/us-nursing-home-boss-buys-into-irish-whiskey-2d4d5c43">https://www.businesspost.ie/hospitali...
6/ Finally, things are not going well for Dermot Desmond’s Dublin casino, according to notes in the company’s accounts: https://www.businesspost.ie/companies/coronavirus-keeping-desmonds-luxury-casino-in-the-red-45530ef0">https://www.businesspost.ie/companies...