Ireland has much to offer to the world of science as well as the arts, President Michael D Higgins declared at the opening of the 2012 Euroscience Open Forum in Dublin last night.

Ireland will target winning at least €1 billion for scientific research from the EU’s fund, and a conference to launch the bid will be held in Brussels next year.

Queen Elizabeth II met the woman who identified the "speed gene" in thoughbred horses during her visit to Ireland.

THE Government’s chief scientific adviser has backed plans to give Leaving Certificate students extra college entry points for grades in higher level maths.

MULTINATIONAL companies may no longer invest in Ireland if spending on research is not increased, the Government’s chief scientific adviser has warned.

Monaghan's, Niall Maguire (Subaru WRC), co-driven by Enda Sherry took their first maximum score in a round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship when they took a final stage win on the Adare based Circuit of Munster Rally (Round 4) today.

THE Trinity College Dublin Innovation Award for 2008 has been won by the founders of IdentiGEN.

DUBLIN is bidding to host one of the world’s largest science events that would raise the country’s profile internationally.

THE US biofuel boom is built on a “false economy,” says Professor Patrick Cunningham, chief scientific adviser to the Irish government.

THE Government’s chief science adviser has expressed concern about the state’s ability to encourage business start-ups.

THE chief scientific adviser to the Government, Professor Patrick Cunningham, has backed Teagasc to lead research in the agriculture and food sectors.

Antrim 0-10 Derry 1-13

A PROFESSOR of genetics is to become the Government’s new science adviser after the previous expert stepped aside in a storm over his qualifications.

Fermanagh emerged as 1-09 to 0-09 victors in a tight Ulster SFC quarter-final tussle with Antrim in Enniskillen.

QUB 0-10 UUJ 1-6

BELFAST port is a perfect target for global terrorists plotting new strikes on the west, security experts warned yesterday.

Ireland: The Director of Teagasc, Jim Flanagan, has been elected president of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), the professional representative body for the animal production sector in some 40 countries in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Charges have been filed against a man accused of trying to set fire to a Seattle mosque.