Teenagers have gathered to use science, technology, and politics to help shape tomorrow’s world as part of the first European Union Student Parliament to be held in Ireland.

Student interest in technology appears to be reaching new heights as record entries have been received for the annual schools’ science and technology fair.

Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly are already working on a formula on how to invest their €7,000 prize after being crowned Europe’s top young physicists at a ceremony in Slovakia.

BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2010 winner Richard O’Shea was awarded the Adene Special Prize for his work in the field of energy at the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Portugal last night.

THE first of hundreds of entrants in this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition have been setting up their wares before the fun and excitement of the competition begins.

ENTRANTS for this year’s BT Young Scientist competition have just one week left to put the finishing touches to their projects as the event kicks off on January 6.

THE cream of Ireland’s budding Einsteins will fill the RDS in Dublin next week as the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition kicks off 2009.

THE RDS will be abuzz with activity early next month when a record number of students compete for top prizes in the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2007.

LIMERICK student Patrick Collison is flying high after scooping a second prize at the prestigious EU Contest for Young Scientists yesterday.

A RECORD number of students have entered projects in the 40th Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, which gets underway in Dublin this week.