Scientists in Galway and Limerick have developed an ultra-violet drone to sterilise public surfaces and help reduce the transmission of coronavirus.
The autonomous drone will operate across a wide array of public areas mainly at night when there are no people around. Just last year a group of Irish scientists had a world first with their diabetes drone project.
It was an insulin drop off to the Aran Islands. And when the parcels of medication arrived safely on the white wingcopter drone, all agreed that the seagull had indeed landed.
Now that same team from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick are back with another innovative drone project to fight Covid-19.