This article provides a high-level overview of Ireland’s offshore wind projects and industry, outlines the key roles of ports as well as key attributes and infrastructure requirements with respect to supporting offshore wind developments, reviews the general suitability of Irish ports, and outlines potential next steps for ports with regards to supporting the offshore wind industries 2030 targets.

John Loudon McAdam was a pioneering Scottish engineer who almost single-handedly changed the way roads were built around the world. His innovative shallow camber, crushed, compacted stone layered roads would become the standard for road building throughout the world. 

'For too long, the lived experiences and voices of disabled people have not been at the heart of research and policymaking,' says NUI Galway's Prof Eilionóir Flynn, one of Europe’s top researchers in the field of disability rights.

In a previous column I wrote about the frustration of managing passwords. The software industry is moving to password-less authentication, relying instead on biometric data such as a fingerprint or a facial image, writes former Engineers Ireland president Dr Chris Horn.

In weighing up the question ‘should I stay or should I go’ it’s useful to be aware of the range of motivations underpinning the desire for change, writes executive coach James Sweetman.

A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.