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AN IRISH MEP is hoping to meet with Government about Ireland becoming a member of CERN.
Sean Kelly MEP said that the move could make Ireland a global hub for young scientists and leading innovators. Kelly, who is a member of the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee, has urgently requested a meeting with Dr Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN, on the issue.
Kelly told TheJournal.ie that he is also meeting with Trinity College Dublin on the issue.
Ireland remains the only country in Western Europe not to sign up for membership of the CERN science project, said Kelly.
The MEP said that the abundance of scientific creativity amongst school kids and young adults within Ireland was demonstrated at the recent BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition at the RDS.
“The CERN project now provides a once in a life-time opportunity for Ireland to become a world leader in developing a smart, sustainable economy,” he added.
However, Ireland risks lagging behind other leading technology based economies and major software exporters, such as Israel, by not joining the CERN project. The practical fall-out from non-membership means that our scientists and software companies cannot apply and bid for multi-million euro contracts and research grants coming from the CERN centre.
The MEP said that Irish companies “cannot afford to miss out on the public-private opportunities offered by CERN, working along with major global ICT industry partners, such as Intel, Oracle, Siemens and Hewlett-Packard, and participating in CERN’s openlab project, a partnership between CERN and ICT companies to develop future advanced technologies”.
He said that though full CERN membership costs around €11m per year, the benefits in terms of future innovation and revenues for the economy, “significantly outweigh concerns” over the cost.
Kelly said that he is hoping to work on a strategy with Trinity College on how to make membership happen. “If you want to be at the top you must be with those who are heading towards the top,” he said.
He anticipates that Cabinet could make a recommendation on membership, but said that he hopes to meet with the TCD staff first on the issue, and move forward on a collaborative basis.
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There is something truly unnerving about these gatherings of elites.
Noonan needs to be put out to grass, old fart with no fresh ideas
@Gus Sheridan: The most dangerous in Ireland. Despises ordinary people and has to the power to make them pay for it.
Has anyone ever wondered why they showcase Davos and not the bilderberg meetings?
They’ll be patting themselves on the back for this remarkable advance of the capitalist class at the expense of the majority working class.
“Eight men hold as much wealth as half the planet combined”
http://www.thejournal.ie/wealth-oxfam-3188533-Jan2017/
Kenny looks like he was telling a story at the World Angling Championship.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
@Ó Connmhaigh: Telling what he got while dressed as a dame.
Just back after nearly a month off and they’re away to Davos to act like the big important players on the world stage they can only begin to wish they were…Davos can have and keep Kenny
@Thevigilantone: Why would they if the same Goldman Sach ones goes to both of them?
The arrogance of these lads and lassies. Rich people gathering to discuss the worlds problems and issues as if they were elected to power to make decisions on our behalf.
@Jay Finn: Thats just it. EU suits are NOT elected.
@Jay Finn: It be an orgy there tonight…
About time they moved to Dublin, the wild west of financial shaenanigans
Davos/WEF is a massively expensive waste of time. I’ve never seen or read any effective, successful initiative they’ve funded, pioneered or implemented. Irish govt has to pay ten of thousands to be a member.
@Smidgen Dublin:
You will never see or read any initiative of Davos/WEF unless you are a member. Its all under the counter stuff. The little people suffer the consequences.
It’s the elites world, we’re all just worker ants
@classic: When will the US join the EU then???
Sure why wouldn’t Kenny and Noonan be there, presiding over a near bankrupt country and still refusing to claim tax due from one of the richest corporations in the world. Just goes to show who’s side these boys are on.
The One Percenter’s will be giving Noonan an update of NAMA policy and what bits they want.
World business leaders running their latest money making ideas by the school teacher from mayo for his assessment. That or they are telling him what they want him to do.
@Declan Tooher: Exactly. Went to train as a school teacher and ends up leading a country. Wasn’t it a great B. ed course he did. Only in sad Ireland.
Shouldn’t these donkeys kenny and noonan be back in their own country working hard in planning the Irish strategy for the hard brexit.
Yes they should be back here sorting out our problems but they needed someone out there to poke fun at so these pair of clowns went
In fairness, they’d be of little use back here.
They already sold all the property they could to the vulture funds and they can’t do much more with the corporation tax to compete with Britain for business, options are limited there, so what else can they do?
Bit embarassing that Britain could take business off of a tax haven though.
Rob’s a neighbour of mine, very nice guy, extremely hard working. I wish him well at the Forum.
These people have two problems
1. We don’t have enough
2. We want more.
Never forget 1% own 50% of the global wealth. Most of them will be gathered in Davos. Talking about “‘Responsive and Responsible Leadership’” They mostly will be un-elected people discussing that. I see Noonan will be attending will he be standing at the airport to greet the great and the good?
gender balance and climate change – two non-issues if ever there were.
Some amount of bull $#it been spoken in a confined space. You be a fair man to endure 5 minutes of it. This is an ostintation of wealth.
Can you get me a large Courvoisier XO brandy served in a Waterford Crystal Glass on a Silver Tray.
So a place where the bigger the brown envelope you are willing to hand over then the further up the tree you can go to meet the one you want to bribe?
Like in a lap dancing club that is really a brothel???
How pathetic must your life be if your jealous and bitter that people are at a work conference… and how paranoid and unstable to think they’re controlling your lives or plotting world domination.
It’s the same as any other conference, wearing name tags, making small talk, listening to self congratulating or promoting speeches, pretending to remember people you met there last year.
@Drew TheChinaman :): The 1% didn’t get to be the 1% without a nod and a wink from their political servants.
@Drew TheChinaman :): Yes it is all funs and laughs?
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/373943-davos-elite-play-acting-refugees/
Cultural levelling and its sinister twin cultural ecletism at work again.World citizen? Its official they have finally lost the plot.Not surprising to see the underbelly of the Irish politico in attendance.
Kenny and Noonan a bunch of asses, they havent a clue, once there pockets are lined. Were going back to way we were into a bubble and that ass Kenny cant see it
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