Fortnightly analysis of emissions from a proposed incinerator does not constitute “continuous monitoring”, leaving locals potentially exposed to unsafe dioxin levels, an expert in industrial process instrumentation has warned.

Students from Pobalscoil na Tríonóide in Youghal, Co Cork have been named winners of the Merck Millipore School Science competition 2015.

From sweet dreams to the stuff of nightmares — it’s not just the bed bugs you have to worry about before tonight’s bedtime story.

A cleverly designed cattle tag project by second-level students has impressed judges in a science competition.

A judging panel in a schools’ science competition in east Cork has described the entries as “inspiring and innovative”.