Cabinet to hear proposals for Ireland to join nuclear research organisation

The membership fee for CERN can cost a country up to €10m a year

Simon Harris previously visited Geneva in June to see the work of CERN, attending the site of the Large Hadron Collider.

Proposals for Ireland to join a European nuclear research organisation, CERN, will go to Cabinet in the coming weeks, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has confirmed.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Mr Harris said that he would seek Government permission to join the research body shortly. “At a European level, I think Ireland needs to join that and that’s an important measure,” Mr Harris said.