Record turnout for Wexford Science Festival 2025

Excitement and engagement levels hit new levels for Wexford Science Festival over the past fortnight with audience numbers for a whole host of events significantly up on previous years right across the county, the organisers told Wexford Weekly... Record crowds turned out for the free and engaging events across Wexford, from the stunning National Opera …

Excitement builds ahead of upcoming Wexford Science Festival

WexSci, the Wexford regional Science Week festival coordinated by CALMAST, the South East Technological University’s STEM engagement centre, is back from November 8 to 16 with even more free and ticketed events for adult audiences, families, schools and community groups.... Part of national Science Week run by Research Ireland, WexSci is delivered in partnership with …

Dr Niamh Shaw back in Wexford for Wexford Science Festival

Irish engineer, scientist, explorer and writer, Dr. Niamh Shaw, is back in the county for Wexford Science Festival and says she’s particularly looking forward to meeting with a group she worked with on a creative project just last year... Recently voted one of Ireland’s leading science communicators and STEM specialists, merging science, technology, engineering and …

Record numbers turn out for free Wexford Science Festival events

The people of Wexford embraced the Wexford Science Festival with gusto this year... People came out in their droves for dozens of events which ranged to the science behind elite athletes to space travel to science in literature. Organisers, CALMAST at SETU paid tribute to the schools, the businesses, the host venues and the sponsors …

Families encouraged to register for free Scavenger Hunt this weekend for Wexford Science Festival

Could you be Wexford’s fastest, fittest, brightest  online Scavenger Hunt team or family? Well, if you think you have what it takes then you’re asked to register now on www.calmast.ie for a free, online Family Scavenger Hunt beginning this Saturday and concluding on Sunday as part of Wexford Science Festival. Join international edutainer Steve Sherman, Chief Imagination …

Science behind elite athletes, space travel, singing and DNA under the microscope for Wexford Science Festival

Wexford will be a hotbed of scientific experiment, technological ingenuity, engineering and mathematical endeavour in the coming days as up to 60 free events get underway from November 9th to 19th as part of Wexford Science Festival... Libraries across the county, schools, the National Opera House,  direct provision centres, sports clubs and other community facilities …

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