A Cork medical device company wins The Irish Times Innovation Award - Members' News - Week 13 - 2022
Mar 28, 2022,
by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' News
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 13 2022. This week, a Cork medical device company wins The Irish Times Innovation Award. Read on for more.
PMD Solutions wins Irish Times Innovation Award
PMD Solutions was this week announced as the overall winner of the Irish Times Innovation Award for 2022. The company also took the top award in the Life Sciences & Healthcare category for RespiraSense, "a continuous, motion-tolerant respiratory monitoring device that can detect a change in a patient’s breathing before it becomes a problem". The potential of the device was realised during the pandemic as it allowed for remote monitoring of groups of hospital patients without the need for individual contact by pressured health care staff. The idea for the device was sparked back in 2009 while founder Myles Murray was in college studying mechanical engineering at Cork IT. He set out to tackle the problem of patients presenting with unstable respiratory rates for his final year project. The device that was developed can continuously monitor patients and alert healthcare staff to changes in their rate of respiration hours before these changes would typically be picked up by a visual check, which is the current global standard of care.
This information came from The Irish Times.
IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year 2022 Awards shortlist is announced
The shortlist for The IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year 2022 Awards has been announced and there are many GS1 Ireland members among them. The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, April 20, at The Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road. After a two-year break, the awards received a total of 530 applications. Below are the GS1 Ireland members who made the shortlist.
CEO of the Year
Bernie Wright, CEO, Wrights of Howth
Social Entrepreneur of the Year
Caoimhe de Barra, CEO, Trócaire
Management Professional of the Year
Debbie Byrne, managing director, An Post Retail
Start-up of the Year
Denise Kenny Byrne, CEO and co-founder, The Head Plan
Niamh Dooley, CEO, BiaSol
Nicki Hoyne, founder, Nicki Hoyne Collection
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Laura McCarthy, CEO, Drink Botanicals Ireland
Entrepreneur of the Year
Dr Lisa Creaven and Dr Vanessa Creaven, CEOs, directors and co-founders, Spotlight Oral Care
Dr Nora Khaldi, founder and CEO, Nuritas
Laura M Bonner, founder and CEO, The Muff Liquor Company
Sharon Keegan, founder and CEO, Peachylean
Sari Winckworth, co-founder, White & Green
This information came from Image Magazine.
New Members this week at GS1 Ireland
The companies below joined GS1 Ireland since our last Members News. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome them to the GS1 Ireland community.
IEMC Limited
Virginia Health Food Co.
Lawnmower Parts Online - "Lawnmower Parts Online is an Irish owned company, our goal is to provide a one-stop shop for parts and service kits for all your garden machinery."
ProBox - "Trendsetting Smoothies & Snacks that are All-fresh, All-natural, & All-good— straight from our Laboratory of Flavor"
Winners of the Guaranteed Irish Business Awards announced
The winners of the inaugural Guaranteed Irish Business Awards were announced on Thursday, the 24th of March at The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. The awards recognise Irish businesses that support jobs, are committed to local communities and contribute to Ireland, its people, and its economy. An independent panel of judges shortlisted 50 finalists from hundreds of entries and four GS1 Ireland members were among the winners, listed below.
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare – Multinational: Janssen Ireland
Technology - SME or Multinational Company based in Ireland: Kelsius
Food & Beverage - Food Academy Award: Clintons Crisps
Food & Beverage - Beverage Supplier or Producer: Hope Beer
This information came from Business Plus and Donegal Daily.
You can now blend your own bottle of whiskey
Tullamore D.E.W. has recently introduced a new invention that will allow visitors to its distillery experience to blend and bottle their own whiskey. The new 'Be the Blender' activity is the first of its kind and allows people to create their own signature blend, complete with their name on the bottle, to then buy and take away. For more information or to book the experience, see the Tullamore D.E.W. website.
This information came from Her.ie
Irish whiskey sweeps the board at the World Whiskies Awards
The winners of the World Whiskies Awards were announced at a ceremony in London on the night of the 24th of March. The annual event is hosted by Whiskey Magazine. Many GS1 Ireland members were among the winners, including those listed below. Congratulations to all of the winners.
Irish winners included:
- World’s Best Pot Still Whiskey: Teeling Wonder of Wood Single Pot Still, Teeling Distillery, Dublin.
- World’s Best Grain Whiskey: The Whistler Mosaic Marsala Cask, Boann Distillery, Co. Meath.
- World’s Best Master Distiller: Kevin O’Gorman, Master Distiller, Midleton Distillery/Irish Distillers.
- World’s Best Whiskey Visitor Attraction Manager: Ewan Paterson, Visitor Centre Manager, Clonakilty Distillery, Co. Cork.
This information came form FFT Magazine.
That's it for this week, be sure to come back next week for more news from GS1 Ireland members around the country. If you are a GS1 Ireland member and you have some news you would like to share, please get in touch at marketing@gs1ie.org, we would love to hear from you.
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