Guest of honour President McAleese

PRESIDENT MARY McAleese is to be the guest of honour at the Tenth Galway Science and Technology Festival — nowthe longest running and most successful event of its type in the country.The President’s decision to honour the festival was announced last evening (Monday) at the formal launch of the event — a two week long celebration of science, engineering and maths, all aimed at boosting the involvement of young people in science and engineering courses and careers.The festival, which has multiple sponsorship from the semi-state area and from private industry and business, has seen an involvement by an estimated 250,000 young people through 10 years of events such as schools projects, exhibitions and visits by science workshops to schools.President McAleese will……….