Ireland may benefit from the increase in wages in China as a growing number of companies look to bring manufacturing back to their core markets.

The recession may have cast a cloud over the country, but it’s proving to have a silver lining for the hi-tech sector in terms of attracting more and better students.

They may not be RoboCop or R2-D2, but 80 students and their vocal fans from 20 schools will be hoping that their designs will win the Lego Robot Competition tonight.