* John B. Keane, the late, great Kerry playwright, once remarked that to be of Kerry is both a gift and an awesome responsibility * It is a tremendous honour to be appointed Minister for Education this evening at The Convention Centre, Dublin. Thank you all for the support!

This is my final tweet as Dublin City University President. My overriding emotion is gratitude: Gratitude for the honour. Gratitude for the amazing students (& alumni) & wonderful staff who have shared the journey. Gratitude for all the friends I’ve made. Beir bua DCU! Slán is céad! GRMA

Delighted to have presented my SciFest4stem project at the GYSTB 2020 this morning. Please vote for my project (No. IABC10) at 😊😃: bit.ly/2ZNulIh #scifest4stem Kerry Education & Training Board (Kerry ETB) #GYSTB2020

Congratulations to Timothy on his brilliant online presentation this morning for #GYSTB2020. Please vote for Timothy’s project in the ‘Visitor’s Favourite Award’ bit.ly/2ZNulIh The code for Timothy’s project is IABC10. Timothy McGrath Killorglin CC 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 JCT Science IT Tralee (Now MTU)

Guiding young Irish women, who lack representation in Stem fields, all the way to world finals. Evelyn Nomayo is giving girls the opportunity to explore options they may otherwise not consider. irishtimes.com/life-and-style…

Fantastic pitches from the Patch Youth Startup Accelerator from @FusorFusion and the team at Dogpatch Labs. Very impressive teams and some ambitious challenges tackled 👏

Off to bootcamp this week for the start of NDRC’s ArcLabs Accelerator 🥾 OpinionX is one of 6 companies chosen for the 16-week programme 🚀 #BestPlaceToStart

Questions? 🤔 We have the answers! 😀 Everything you need to know and more about how to enter a project into the 57th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2021. It is going to be virtually amazing. #BTYSTE #beyondlimits #BackToSchool #STEM bit.ly/31Fnrps

Really excited and honoured to be selected as an MIE Expert for 2020-2021. Joining a great bunch of people, perfect timing with the year that's in it. Looking forward to learning and sharing loads 🤩 #MicrosoftEdu #MIEExpert Microsoft Education Ireland

Good to see photos and plans emerging from Colleges of FE, training centres, CTCs and Youthreach centres on setting up facilities for safe re-opening. Personal contact & support so important in #ThisisFET & the often small group learning approach helps in managing the return

We're getting ready for our holiday break, but want to wish you a festive season and the hope that 2021 will see you all feeling powerful as individuals whose minds, hearts and souls have the potential to make and be change! #girlsinSTEM #womeninSTEM

Overall Winner of #BTYTE 2021 Greg Tarr from @bandongrammar in Brandon, Co.Cork on screen #BTYSTE

Huge congratulations to Greg Tarr on winning the 2021 #BTYSTE. His AI program that can effectively detect deepfake media will no doubt grab the attention of many of the big names in the tech world. Exciting time ahead for him!

It is an absolute honor to win the BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year award for my project titled 'Towards Deepfake Detection'! Thank you to everyone involved! I'd like to give a special thanks to BT for holding this fantastic exhibition online despite COVID-19.

Grateful for three amazing youth roundtables & discussions with Professor Lydia Miljan's Elections & Political Parties class University of Windsor + MP Maninder Sidhu's Brampton East Youth Council to discuss CSJ + Digital Youth Council Digital Youth Council. The questions and insights were spot on. Thank you!

Harry McCann , tells us how his love for #STEM in #secondaryschool inspired him to establish Digital Youth Council. He also shares some great advice for leaving cert students. View the full video at youtu.be/dIhjxKErBfg #LeavingCert2021 #edchatie classhub.ie

The Earth Gala 🎩 Free environmental events🌎 6th - 10th December Follow us @Shop6pm! Register free - bit.ly/3nUiYKx A 5-day series with Ireland's Experts, #Politicians, and #ClimateJustice participants and their wonderful projects Check our daily events 👇 #climateaction #free #event