A plastics and craniofacial surgeon saved the life of an amazing child born with part of his brain growing down through the root of his mouth and out through his face.

Cork will host many of Silicon Valley’s most successful entrepreneurs, senior technology executives and investors next week when the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) arrives in Ireland for the Global Technology Leaders Summit.

An Irish father and daughter duo had a special reason to celebrate the New Year, when their calculator app they invented hit the top of the Amazon Kindle Fire charts.

An engineer from Ballina, County Mayo could become the first Irish person in space.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland is being urged to approve a revolutionary new drug, that will benefit certain sufferers of cystic fibrosis.

Two sky surveys, named Wallaby and Dingo, will operate out of the new facility Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (Askap) in hopes of uncovering around 700,000 galaxies within the coming new year. The surveys will operate from the remote outback.

You won’t hear Google complain about the Irish weather. Ireland’s wet damp climate is a key reason Google have settled their major headquarters outside the U.S. there.

Over 2,000 attended the removal of the remains of Irish government minister Shane McEntee from his home to the church on Sunday as politicians discussed means of dealing with abusive behavior aimed at politicians. McEntee was buried on Monday.

Irish surface technology company signs €500,000 contract with European Space Agency

Pope benedict took the unprecedented step of creating his own Twitter account this week, using the Twitter handle @pontifex.

In ‘The Games Industry in Ireland 2012’ report released on Friday by Jamie McCormick, Marketing systems manager at GALA Networks Europe, the gaming industry in Ireland was feverishly analyzed and it was discovered that there are now over 2800 people working in the gaming industry in Ireland, up 91% from a similar report done in 2009. These 2800 people are employed by over 80 companies in the country.

The online computer file sharing firm, Dropbox, has followed many other international tech companies, such as Google and Twitter, in establishing a headquarters in Dublin city.

Never forget another anniversary. A new iPhone app called the Man App sends reminders for any special occasion ensuring that men will never forget a special date again. The Man app has become so popular it is the number one paid app in the Irish App store.

Irish police are investigating claims that a 12-year-old girl who took her own life was the victim of bullying.

The Irish cable company UPC has released a report suggesting that the internet will contribute $14.4 billion annually to the Irish economy by 2016.