[ad_1] Padraig BeltonTechnology ReporterMaterThe Mater hospital in Dublin - home to Ireland's busiest emergency departmentFor a country famous as Big Tech's European address, Ireland's hospitals often lag far behind in technology.They lack shared computerised patient records, or unique identifiers to track people when they move between clinics.In July 2024, a computer system failure made Dublin's Mater hospital push back surgeries and beg people not to come to its A&E.Three years
[ad_1] Getty ImagesDoug Barrowman, who led PPE Medpro, pictured alongside his wife Baroness Michelle Mone. The chair of the Covid inquiry has ruled that evidence related to PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, will be heard in a closed, private session next month.On 3 March, the inquiry will begin four weeks of hearings into decisions to buy Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during
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[ad_1] Dominic HughesHealth CorrespondentReporting fromDouglas, Isle of ManGetty ImagesThe Isle of Man could be the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to legalise assisted dyingA law to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to end their own lives is entering its final stages, making it potentially the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying.Anyone over the age of 18 and with a
[ad_1] Jane DeithBBC File on 4 InvestigatesBBCAt the urology department of Burnley General Hospital, 26-year-old Ryan (not his real name) is having a drug solution inserted through a catheter - part of his treatment for a condition known as ketamine bladder. This procedure will not completely reverse the damage inflicted by Ryan's previous addiction to the Class B drug, but it will help him manage the symptoms.Ketamine, a powerful horse
[ad_1] Pedro GarciaTechnology Reporter, LisbonDuarte DiasLisbon, Dublin and Seattle - like many Duarte Dias has moved to move upIn 2020, Duarte Dias, a Portuguese software engineer, accepted a job offer to work in Microsoft's Dublin subsidiary.A little over a year later, he joined a team at Microsoft's headquarters in Seattle, where he still works.Even though he misses the Portuguese laid-back approach to life, and the family-like team spirit of the
[ad_1] The government has announced the first 750 schools to provide free daily breakfast clubs as part of a pilot scheme ahead of a planned England-wide rollout.Starting in April, 180,000 pupils in England will be offered "healthy, varied and nutritious breakfasts" in schools before class, Labour said - with over a third of schools in the pilot scheme in deprived areas.But some MPs and head teachers' unions have raised concerns
[ad_1] An aeronautical company in the US has released footage showing a concept version of its flying car performing a vertical take-off before flying over an SUV.Jim Dukhovny, the CEO of Alef Aeronautics, told the BBC's senior technology reporter Chris Vallance, that he had thousands of pre-orders and hoped to start production within 12 months.For around $300,000 (£237,000) the company says buyers will get an electric flying car with a
[ad_1] Joe FayTechnology ReporterGoogleMany organisations are developing quantum computersTwenty five years ago computer programmers were racing to fix the millennium bug amidst fears that it would cause banking systems to crash and planes to fall out of the sky.Much to everyone's relief the impact turned out to be minimal.Today, some fear there is a new critical threat to the world’s digital infrastructure. But this time, we cannot predict exactly when
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