Science Week Ireland is an annual week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science. It is the largest science festival in the country, involving tens of thousands of members of the general public in workshops, talks, laboratory demonstrations, science walks and other science-related events.
Another highlight of Science Week in recent years has been the series of guest lectures by prominent scientists, researchers and inventors.
Science Week is an initiative of the Irish Government's Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) awareness programme. DSE is managed by Forfás on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. DSE runs numerous other initiatives, including My Science Career, Science.ie and Discover Primary Science.
Read more about Science Week Ireland: Science Week 2007, Science Week 2008, Science Week 2009
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