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The annual unmissable Galway Science and Technology Festival Exhibition Day is a calendar highlight for Galway students of all ages. Last Sunday’s event drew over 15,000 to the University of Galway campus for a range of activities including the Medtronic Junior Hospital, a special appearance from Jurassic dinosaurs, the return of the ever-popular Teddy Bear Hospital, up-close-and-personal encounters with exotic animals and The Bug Doctor plus a range of school exhibition stands.

From this week, Galway's students and aspiring applicants of the upcoming BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) can register for the 2025 event, and make use of the three month time advantage given by organisers to develop and brainstorm their ideas.

Fourth Year in secondary school can be a topic of debate in some households. A school year between the end of Junior Cycle and Fifth Year in which attendence levels are low, out-of-class activaties are a regular occurence, study goes completely out the window and homework is practically nonexistent, may be seen to some as superfluous at best and a waste of time at worst.

A total of 20 projects representing the five secondary schools in Athlone and Moate have been selected for entry to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2024.

By Lilly Daly, Leah Winters and Millie O’Donovan

My name is Latisha McCrudden, and I am nineteen years of age. I sat my Leaving Cert this summer and with hard work and determination have been accepted into the University of Galway to study Law where my dream of being a solicitor can be fulfilled, a dream I have had since I was a young girl. For as long as I can remember I have always dreamt and pictured myself taking on high class cases in Ireland and being my own boss in my own office.

County Westmeath teenagers joined students from across Ireland at a special showcase event for young science innovators, that was hosted at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin recently.

Eleven projects by second-level students from Galway are set to feature in the 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) next January, having being chosen from among 1,700 entries nationwide.

Athlone student Shauna Loftus was one of just 14 teenagers from all over the island of Ireland to be conferred with a Rotary Youth Leadership award at the European Parliament’s offices in Dublin recently.

Merlin College in Doughiska has grown to such unprecedented levels that it now pins its hopes on the Department of Education granting an extension to the building so that all children wishing to attend will be accommodated, especially those from the community in the east of the city.