An institute for advanced micro-electronics is being set up as a joint venture between university colleges on both sides of the border. The new institute will be given half its funding by the International Fund for Ireland.

Report shows National Micro-Electronics Research Centre, Cork.

Michael Smith, Minister for Science and Technology, and others shown around centre.

The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.

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