‘Engineering is as much about working with people as it is with machines’
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Kate Madigan talks about her journey to becoming a senior equipment engineer at Amgen, from a childhood interest in building things to gaining industry experience.
Kate Madigan, a senior equipment engineer at Amgen, has been building things all her life. She got her first cordless drill when she was just three years old and spent a week in a syringe-filling plant as a teenager – an experience that cemented her decision to become an engineer.
Here, she talks about her career path so far and why she is enjoying every minute of it.
Environmental degradation
April 30, 2021
There is the Cerrejon thermal coal mine in Colombia jointly owned by Glencore and two other transnational companies, BHP and Anglo American whose expansion over the past 40 years is alleged to have caused environmental degradation and health problems for the local community.
Glencore has also been blamed for contaminating the area around Peru s Cerro de Pasco mine, run by a local company, Volcan, in which the mining giant has a majority stake. The dangerously high levels of lead, arsenic, aluminium and manganese found in local water caused the Peruvian government to declare a health emergency in 2018 after several children fell ill with lead poisoning. In Glencore s Porco mine in Bolivia, there are allegations of child labour and other abuses.
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In June 2020, a statement signed by more than 200 organizations around the world publicly denounced transnational mining companies for ignoring the threat of the pandemic and continuing to operate as normal.
The statement, which was based on a report jointly produced by non-profit and activist groups, such as the US-based Earthworks and the Bolivia-based Terra Justa, criticised the extraordinary measures being taken by some governments to suppress protests against mining activity, as well as attempts to push through regulatory changes in favour of the mining sector.
Transnational mining hasn’t gone into quarantine, and neither have the conflicts over how and where it operates. As in the past, activists have focused their attention on Glencore, the giant Anglo-Swiss commodities trading and mining company. The issues raised are familiar.
Spotlight: Limerick’s fine art tradition
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Limerick has had famous artists in the past. So, before we come to consider Michael Collins (Miceál Ó Coileáin) let’s look at who came before him and in so doing see where Ó Coileáin fits in that continuum. Michael lives and works in both Limerick and Barcelona. I spoke to him on the phone recently in Barcelona and I’m delighted to report that it was raining there and sunny here in Limerick!
Timothy Collopy
Timothy Collopy was born in Limerick in the mid-eighteenth century. His first trade was as a baker’s apprentice. His talent for art was noticed from a young age and he was sent to Rome to study. He was mostly known as a religious painter though he also worked as a portrait painter and restorer. Following his death in London in 1811 some of his works were auctioned in Christies Auction Rooms. One of his paintings, ‘The Ascension,’ can be viewed in the Augustinian Church on O’Connell
Thursday, 15 April 2021 13:44
Changes to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 will generate a significant improvement in the terminalâs energy efficiency.
Dublin Airport has pinpointed sustainability as a critical pillar in its overall strategy and that of daa Group.
Speaking candidly to
TRBusiness, Vincent Harrison, Managing Director, Dublin Airport revealed details of a clear and simple sustainability plan. This encompasses key priority areas impacting how the airport operators interact with the environment now and in the future.
âOur ambition at Dublin Airport, is to go beyond merely meeting environmental compliance obligations, by becoming a leader in sustainable airport operations.
âWe have a number of long-term and ambitious environmental sustainability targets, such as becoming net zero in carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.