Text-based project set to gauge the nation’s happiness

It’s going to be some test of our mettle. Whether Irish eyes will be smiling through what passes for an Irish summer, the fiscal treaty referendum and the Euro 2012 campaign will be measured over the next six weeks.

As part of the largest ever national experiment on Irish happiness, Trinity College, in partnership with the Science Gallery and Vodafone, are calling on 5,000 volunteers from around the country to put their happiness levels to the test.

Volunteers have until midnight on May 23 to freetext the word mood to 50123 to take part in the experiment.