A major new report which examines the global food & beverage sector is launched today in University College Cork (UCC).

• Scientists discover ‘zoned development’ in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zones of bird-like skin with feathers.
• New dinosaur skin fossil found to be composed of silica – the same as glass.
• Discovery sheds light on evolution from scales to feathers.

• New UCC study shows how listening to mental health podcasts positively influences mental health literacy.
• Mental health podcasts reduce stigma and increase help seeking behaviour.
• Results indicate that podcasts are being utilised by those who are frustrated with gaps in access to mental health services.

• The National Suicide Research Foundation, located at UCC, redesignated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance and Research in Suicide Prevention.
• The long-standing collaborative partnership between UCC and the NSRF will continue its work in the prevention and intervention of suicide.

• NIBRT/UCC partnership marks a significant step forward in advancing research excellence and fostering innovation in bioprocessing.
• Initiative marked by new joint appointment of Professor Anne Moore an Professor Elena Matsa.

• Database and interactive map lists all of the combatant and civilian fatalities.
• Project shows that numbers killed were considerably less than in the War of Independence.
• Research indicates the Civil War was more violent, brutal and protracted in counties Kerry, Tipperary and Louth.

Hack Your Health: Secrets of your Gut, a new Netflix documentary will premiere globally on Friday 26th April, and will feature a University College Cork (UCC) scientist who is a global expert on gut health.

• New report finds that government response to climate crisis is worsening inequalities for women and marginalised people.
• Energy poverty, housing poverty, food poverty, mobility and spatial injustices risk being exacerbated by the climate crisis and policy responses.
• The report was led by UCC researchers for Feminist Communities for Climate Justice, a joint project between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland.

• Significant delays between patient referral and their first clinic visit.
• Insufficient communication and information-sharing was evident.
• PD nurse specialists post are lacking nationwide.

• UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland.
• The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home.
• In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age.
• Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.