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Druid co-founder and actress Marie Mullen and the Attorney General Máire Whelan will be among the recipients of the 2012 NUI Galway Alumni Awards.

The 14th annual Galway Science and Technology Festival will run from November 14 to 27. The festival was officially launched this week in the Orbsen Building in NUI Galway by Gerry Kilcommins, vice president of global operations and general manager of Medtronic. The event aims to increase the uptake and popularity of science, technology, engineering and maths subjects among young people and comprises 35 events.

The 14th annual Galway Science and Technology Festival, launched this week, will feature two weeks of shows and interactive demonstrations for budding scientists of all ages.

Successful Tuam businessman John Concannon of JFC Manufacturing Ltd will be one of several guest speakers at a two-day national business networking forum which takes place in Galway in November.

Following the unprecedented success of the Galway Science and Technoloogy Festival, where over 20,000 attended the festival exhibition held at NUI Galway, the festival committee are now considering expanding the exhibition to a two-day event.

Rocket science and space travel are among the subjects which thousands of youngsters from all over the west will be studying as part of the Galway Science and Technology Festival, which opens next week.

Galway’s business lobby group has welcomed the news that the Galway city outer bypass will start preliminary works as planned.

The important role being played by science and technology in our economic recovery was highlighted this week at the launch of the Galway Science and Technology Festival.