Padraig Belton

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Padraig Belton

How to avoid a puncture on the MoonPadraig BeltonGetty ImagesThe Apollo mission lunar rovers were lightweight vehiclesGoing back to the Moon after half a century, and then to Mars, literally means reinventing the wheel. After all, Mars is a long way to come back if you get a flat. "One thing you cannot have is a puncture," says Florent Menegaux, chief executive of the French tyre-maker Michelin. The tough conditions on Mars have been underlined by the experience of the unmanned Curiosity rover.

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Padraig Belton

Since Inauguration Day, the Trump government has steadily built up the most Indian-American administration yet. Among the many strange things about America's new government, it is one of the most confounding. An anti-immigrant Trump has jam-packed his cabinet with Indian immigrants and their children.

Feb 27, 2025 | bbc.com | Padraig Belton

Can AI help modernise Ireland's healthcare system? Padraig BeltonMaterThe 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.

Feb 7, 2025 | businesspost.ie | Padraig Belton

This September, Ireland becomes the last country in the OECD, the world’s group of 38 higher-income and developed countries, to adopt pension auto-enrolment. “If we’re worried about elderly poverty, auto-enrolling will be a positive thing,” said Dr Claire Keane, who gave the keynote address on 30 January at the National Pension Summit, now in its sixth year. Ireland has been an “outlier” not to introduce it sooner, she said.

Dec 2, 2024 | msn.com | Padraig Belton

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