Asher Valley dairy cooperative builds its own cheese plant
Forty-one family farms have pooled €9.5m to turn part of their milk into hard cheese and butter, aiming to earn more per litre than selling it to large processors.
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Health
Wrenhaven General installs a second MRI scanner to cut waiting lists
The new scanner, housed in a purpose-built extension, will allow the hospital to carry out around 7,000 extra scans a year.
Technology
University switches on new supercomputer for local weather forecasts
The machine can model the weather over the Wrenhaven coast in squares just 500 metres across, which forecasters say should improve warnings of flash floods and coastal gales.
Technology
Eastmoor data centre waste heat to warm 2,000 homes in district heating pilot
Heat pumped from the cooling systems of the data centre on the Eastmoor industrial estate will be piped to nearby homes and a school, in a pilot the council hopes could later cover much of the east of the city.
Technology
Robots for rent: small bakeries and food makers lease automation by the month
A Wrenhaven firm is renting out robot arms to small food producers on monthly contracts, letting bakeries and kitchens automate heavy, repetitive jobs without paying tens of thousands of euros upfront.
Business
Up close with offshore wind turbines
Turbines rising from the open sea show the sheer scale of renewable energy projects.