2,500 celebrate great outdoors at science festival

MORE than 2,500 people from the south-east revelled in this year’s Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor Science, a week-long event which saw them embrace the great outdoors.

2,500 celebrate great outdoors at science festival
Tue, 20 May, 2008 - 01:00

The festival, organised by Waterford Institute of Technology’s science team CALMAST, celebrated the International Year of Planet Earth.

Venues like the JFK Arboretum; Wexford Wildfowl Centre; Fenor Bog and the National Biodiversity Data Collection

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CourtsPlace: JFK ArboretumPlace: Wexford Wildfowl CentrePlace: Fenor BogPlace: Lismore Heritage CentrePlace: Southeast birds of Prey CentrePlace: Wexford slobsPlace: Copper CoastPlace: ComeraghPlace: KnockmealdownPlace: CALMASTPlace: Waterford CountyPerson: Sports and Tourism MinisterPerson: Martin CullenPerson: Eric DempseyPerson: Sheila DoneganPerson: DoneganPerson: Eoin GillEvent: Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor ScienceEvent: International Year of Planet EarthOrganisation: Waterford Institute of TechnologyOrganisation: CALMASTOrganisation: Kildalton CollegeOrganisation: WITOrganisation: RTÉ
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