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In 1994, Evelyn O’Toole (CEO and Founder) set up CLS in Ros Muc using her redundancy money from a previous job. She was committed to creating jobs for other scientists like herself to live and work in the West of Ireland. 25 years on, CLS has grown with two facilities...

Earlier this year we announced a new CLS MedPharma Student Excellence in Microbiology Award with NUI Galway and we are delighted to announce the winner as Cathal Hurley. Cathal, a recently graduated student, was selected for his performance in the analytical...

Celebrating CLS Team Milestones #CLSTogether #CLS20yearmilestone This year marks a significant milestone for two of our senior team – Caecilia Terloh, our Director of Environmental Services and Anne O’Donnell, our Director of Microbiology. Both have been with CLS for...

14 August 2018 - NUI Galway and Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS) recently announced a new CLS MedPharma Student Excellence in Microbiology Award. The award is open to Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Microbiology students. Criteria for the award is specifically...

Evelyn O'Toole joins community of Ireland’s most iconic women leaders   15 June 2018 - Evelyn O'Toole, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS) has been named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) 2018 Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25...

CLS has been recognised for its achievement in the area of gender diversity at the Planet Woman Gender Diversity Champion Awards 2018. The award, founded by entrepreneur and broadcaster Norah Casey, celebrates companies who demonstrate outstanding progress, best...

Today marks World Water Day (22 March) and this year’s theme focuses on Nature for Water and on exploring how we can use nature to overcome the water challenges of the 21st century. At CLS, we have been providing water testing to clients since we first set up in 1994...

Our Director of Microbiology Anne O’Donnell spoke at the recent National Medtech and Biotech Summit in Dublin. Anne celebrates 20 years with us this year and with her wealth of experience she provided insights for the audience at the event on testing and trends within...

Last week, CLS' Director of Environmental Services , attended the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce Water and Waste Water Conference. This was arranged with  the support of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy. This conference brought...

The WMB Magazine Gender Diversity Ambassadors have been announced for this year and we’re very pleased to highlight that our Founder and CEO Evelyn O’Toole is on board again for 2018. WMB work with companies that are embracing diversity and who work towards having a...

At the end of November last year our CEO and Founder, Evelyn O’Toole, took part in the launch of the Bristol Myers-Squibb Supplier Diversity Ireland Kick-Off event with Enterprise Ireland at Citywest Hotel. Diversity and inclusion are key focus areas for our industry...

Evelyn O’Toole, CEO and founder of CLS and winner of an EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Industry award joins Bobby Kerr in the Executive Chair in the NewstalkFM studio to discuss her journey with CLS on Down to Business.  Evelyn O'Toole's Story Evelyn speaks about how...

Evelyn O'Toole is among the Galway Person of the Year winners   The recipient, Evelyn gave thanks to the Cleggan Claddaghduff Community Council for her nomination. Evelyn was nominated for providing jobs in Galway that are embedded in the local community.  As CEO...

We are delighted to highlight that our CEO and Founder, Evelyn O'Toole was presented with the Galway Science and Technology Festival Outstanding Achievement Award recently. Evelyn attended the Galway Science and Technology Exhibition as part of the judging panel as a...

Founder and CEO of Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS), Evelyn O’Toole, has been named Business Woman of the Year at the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Awards 2017. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin on Saturday 28th...