The Eircom Junior Spider Awards have been set up to recognise internet achievements by students at primary and post-primary schools
Archive for May 2009
An Post launches IYA Stamps
28 May 2009
As part of the celebrations for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) and in conjunction with the Europa stamp collection, An Post is launching two stamps with world-famous astronomical images of Crab Nebula and a Brown Dwarf. Get more information about the stamps at www.irishstamps.ie.
Spirit of Ireland lifts more than the spirits
27 May 2009
An ambitious plan to reduce Ireland’s dependence on fossil fuels has caught the country’s imagination, with more 2,000 people agreeing to volunteer within days of its launch.
The Spirit of Ireland’s key concept is to harness wind as an energy source. While that has been promoted many times before, what makes ...
Greenwave lands internet award
27 May 2009
Greenwave, the online mass experiment aimed at primary school pupils, has won the eGovernment award at this year’s Irish Internet Association’s Net Visionary Awards.
UCD scientist discovers marrow in fossilised frog
15 May 2009
A UCD scientist is leading a project to analyse bone marrow in a 10-million-year-old fossilised frog.
It’s the first time intact bone marrow has ever been discovered in the fossil record, says palaeobiologist Maria McNamara, whose team made the discovery. Dr McNamara is a post doctoral researcher in UCD’s School of ...
UCC plans technology start-up conference
15 May 2009
How to start a hi-tech or biotech company is the theme of a one-day conference which is planned for University College Cork (UCC) on Tuesday 9 June.
Chris Horn, founder of Iona Technologies, will present the keynote address on entrepreneurship and innovation while Cormac Kilty, founder of Biotrin, will discuss the ...
Mocks.ie – an new online exam service
6 May 2009
As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams.
The first service of its kind in Europe, Mocks.ie enables students to sit exams online, and ...