Michael D Higgins Officially Opens The 2025 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition In The RDS
The official opening of this years’ BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition took place yesterday with President Michael D Higgins officially welcoming 1,062 students from across the country who braved the treacherous weather conditions to present their projects to a team of 85 judges. Projects were based in areas of science, technology, engineering and math […]
BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2025 Prepares To Welcome 225 Schools From Across Ireland Including 10 From Tipperary
BT Ireland are preparing to celebrate their 25th year as custodians of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition which will be open to the public from Thursday January 9th to Saturday January 11th at the RDS in Dublin. The Young Scientist Exhibition will allow school students of ages 12-19 to showcase their projects based […]
Bank of Ireland recruiting for 100 technology roles
Bank of Ireland is recruiting for 100 roles in technology to support digital projects across the Group. The roles will help direct important technology projects for the Group including new customer features on digital channels, protecting customers against fraud and advanced data analytics. These news roles will be filled across data, delivery management, engineering, […]
Young Tipp farmer wins RISE Community Fund cash grant for entrepreneurial use of technology
The RISE Community Fund supported by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) and Granahan McCourt has awarded a €1000 cash grant to Darragh Haugh, a young farmer from Borrisokane, in recognition of his entrepreneurial use of technology to improve the operations and outputs of local farms. In partnership with Macra na Feirme, the RISE Community Fund ran a national competition to find entrepreneurial […]
Funding Boost For Go Girls Karting Initiative Gives 1,000 Aspiring Female Drivers The Chance To Experience Life In The Fast Lane
Ireland World Cup hockey star and motorsport engineer Nicci Daly to lead schools programme which combines STEM subjects with motorsport driving More than 1,000 female secondary school students will get the chance to sample life in the fast lane after a joint initiative by Motorsport Ireland and Formula Female received funding of €35,000 from the […]
ESB Science Blast Takes Off in Tipperary as Parents of Primary School Kids See Science as Key to Their Future
Limerick and Belfast event follows successful and well-received Dublin event Entire 3rd to 6th classes involved in a non-competitive education programme investigating the science behind a simple question Research with Munster parents reveals: o 77% believe basic scientific knowledge gives their children an advantage in life o 95% want their children to learn science to develop critical thinking and […]
Ibec Welcomes Increase In Number Of Lleaving Certificate StudentsTaking Hhigher Level Mathematics
Ibec welcomes increase in number of leaving certificate students taking higher level mathematics Government should incentivise key subjects and move towards inquiry and experiential based learning to match skills to business needs Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has welcomed the continued increase in the number of leaving certificate students taking higher level mathematics […]
AgTech Symposium in the South East highlights major strengths and opportunities where Agriculture and Technology collide!
The Local Enterprise Offices of the South East Region, including Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford and Waterford, coordinated a forward thinking AgTech Symposium held in Thurles on Thursday. The inaugural Agricultural Technology initiative has been funded under the Action Plan for Jobs LEO Competitive Funds. Other key stakeholders involved in the event include Enterprise Ireland, Teagasc, The […]
IDA Half-Year Results Very Strong Despite Global Investor Uncertainty
Investments approved by IDA in the first half will lead to the creation of over 11,000 (9,100 in 2016) jobs as companies roll out their plans over the coming months and years. Ireland won 114 projects in the first six months of the year. While the investment figure is at the same level as the first half […]
Borrisoleigh Students Exhibit Projects In SciFest At School 2017
On Wednesday, 15th of February, over 80 students from St. Joseph’s College, Borrisoleigh exhibited projects in SciFest@School. Students demonstrated their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and maths through their creative and innovative projects. We had 4 top awards that were sponsored by the Parent’s Council, the school and by SciFest. Joseph O’Donoghue was awarded […]
