* AWARDS: The 2015 InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards were launched yesterday at an event hosted by the University of Ulster and business advisers KPMG. Now in their sixth year, the awards showcase and reward excellence in innovation across a wide range of ground-breaking products and services. As innovation continues to rejuvenate the economic and social landscape, it's important that the champions of innovation, whether as individuals or organisations in the public or private sectors, or as large, medium or small, family-owned or multi-national enterprises, get the recognition they deserve, the organisers say. Pictured at the launch are, from left, Dr Bernadette McGahon, InterTradeIreland; Michael McAleer, the Irish Times; Tracey Hamilton, Mash Direct; Dr Paul Beaney, University of Ulster; Stephen Lennie, Choc-O-Bloc and Helen Kirkpatrick, Invest NI