Róise McGagh examines whether children in Ireland are exercising enough. Kids are often quite energetic and would naturally take care of themselves when it comes to running around and filling their daily quota of activity. However, in recent years technology has had a big impact on the how active young people all the way up…
Social issues central to the focus of Young Scientists
This year’s BT Young Science and Technology participants devoted themselves to dealing with topical social issues, from mental health to climate change solutions. Taking place last week in the RDS, 1,100 students from 244 schools across the island from 31 different counties pitched their research, inventions and findings to the judges, the media and the…