The Garda whistleblower controversies have turned up in the most unexpected place — the BT Young Scientist Exhibition.

More than 800 young innovators from across Europe will take part in the fifth annual CoderDojo Coolest Projects Awards at the RDS on Saturday, when more than 10,000 spectators are expected to take in demonstrations of the apps, websites, animation, games, and robots among this year’s submissions.

Enda Kenny has promised Fine Gael will outline a fully costed five-year economic plan for his party’s election campaign and pledged to reduce unemployment to 6%.

A respect for the environment was second nature to a couple who enhanced this home, says Tommy Barker.

Joe McNamee visits Clonakilty Chocolate for a seven-course chocolate-themed dinner.

The RDS is open to relinquishing control over the provision of wifi at next year’s Web Summit but cannot guarantee that the event will remain in Ireland, according to the venue’s chief executive, Michael Duffy.

As thousands of people continue to descend on the RDS, our reporters are bringing you live updates from the opening day of the Web Summit.

As 20,000 people descend on the RDS this week, our reporters are bringing you live updates from the opening day of the Web Summit.

The much-maligned digital cash Bitcoin is on course to revolutionise global trading in the same way email, MP3s and digital photography flipped lifestyles and industries on their head, supporters have claimed.

IRISH horticulture is in rude health at the moment. We are still coming down from the excitement and buzz of Bloom and Mallow shows and there are more to come.

Irish and international work on sale comes from estate of deceased collector.

Stars from the sport and music worlds have joined forces to reveal their private battles with depression as part of a major campaign urging young people not to suffer in silence.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny ran the opening bell for New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange today as part of the Dublin Web Summit.

Cian Healy isn’t one for cracking under questioning.

Horsey homstead property should have wide appeal, with stables and paddocked acres, Tommy Barker reports

Katie Taylor had her Bray bash, John Joe Nevin was feted in Mullingar, while Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan got the red carpet treatment in Belfast.

Clermont Auvergne’s French international out-half, David Skrela, will miss Sunday’s Heineken Cupsemi-final against Leinster.

Thousands of job seekers are today expected to attend the second day of the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin today, after some 5,000 people came to the event at the RDS yesterday.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND (SJI) chairman Christy Murphy has visited Ennis to inspect the showgrounds following the decision of the organisation’s executive to cancel the national championships, which were scheduled to take place at the Clare venue at the end of August.

THE chairman of Ennis Show organising committee has issued an invitation to his ShowjumpingIreland (SJI) counterpart to visit the Clare venue “to clarify any misconceptions and rectify any problems that are identified”.

THE Netherlands won the Meydan FEI Nations Cup at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show yesterday followed by Ireland in joint second place with the United States of America.

Paul McCartney is to play the RDS in June as part of his first ever solo Ireland and UK stadium tour.

EXCELLENCE in pedigree cattle production was recognised at the presentation of the RDS Champion of Champion awards in Dublin.

THEY come to Dublin tonight with a reputation as the game’s Great Entertainers but Michael Cheika has warned that London Irish are as likely to bludgeon a side to death up front as they are cut them apart out wide.

Thousands of people are expected to descend on the RDS this weekend for information on starting a new life abroad.

THE tantalising prospect of an All-Ireland Heineken Cup semi-final between Munster and Leinster moved closer after yesterday’s semi-finals draw in Edinburgh.

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.

Up to 8,000 people are expected to descend on the RDS this weekend for the annual Down Under exposition.

THE prestigious breeders’ championship at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show was won by west Cork exhibitors John and Cathal Dineen, Kilshinihan, Timoleague, with their seven-year-old chestnut, Kilshinihan Lass.

The annual Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition gets underway at the RDS in Dublin today.

The 18th Annual Autumn Home and Gift Fair opens at the RDS in Dublin today.

MOTORCYCLISTS are six times more likely to be killed in crashes than other road users, it was revealed yesterday.

STUDENTS take part in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition “mostly for the craic”.

SHOW JUMPER Jessica Kürten will not line out alongside Cian O’Connor and the rest of the Irish team in next week’s Dublin Horse Show.

Independent financial advice at various levels will be offered at The Money Show, taking place at the RDS from October 29 to October 31.

Ireland galloped ahead of its showjumping rivals today to seal a stylish victory at this year’s Nation’s Cup at the Dublin Horse Show.

IF the nearest you have ever managed to get to a modified car is wrapping it around a tree on the corner of a wet boreen, you probably won’t have much interest in the Modified Car Show which revs into the RDS in Dublin tomorrow.