Category Archives: Press Release

IOL 2019 Yongin, South Korea

News Release Ireland’s Top Young Problem-Solvers to Take on World’s Best Decoders at International Linguistics Olympiad Ireland’s top four secondary school decoders earn the chance to represent their country at the International Linguistics Olympiad in South Korea 25 March 2019, Ireland: Four secondary school students from across the island of Ireland have been selected to… Read More

Irish Teens Have Home Advantage as Dublin Hosts the 2017 International Linguistics Olympiad

Today forty-four teams consisting of 176 students aged between 14-19 years, representing 29 countries, will compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad 2017 in Dublin. The International Linguistics Olympiad 2017 (IOL 2017) is being hosted by the Science Foundation Ireland-funded ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology and it will run from 31 July to 4 August in Dublin City University. Competitors will attempt over… Read More

Award-winning Mountrath Community School students pictured at the AILO national final 2017

Mountrath Community School Team Announced as Winners of All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad Team Competition

Four secondary school students from Mountrath Community School have been announced as winners of the team competition at the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) final in Dublin. The team consisted of Alex Moore, Domhnall O’Farrell, Aisling Page and Christopher Carew. The Mountrath students beat off competition from 42 other schools around Ireland to take the team trophy. … Read More

Minister Mitchell O’Connor launches national Problem-Solving Initiative

The Problem-Solving Initiative will foster the next generation of problem solvers for Ireland Search is on for Ireland’s top young problem solver On 7th November 2017 Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD, launched a major nationwide initiative aimed at fostering the next generation of skilled problem solvers for Ireland. The Problem-Solving… Read More

Help foster the next generation of Irish problem solvers

The ADAPT Centre is seeking partners and sponsors for the Problem-Solving Initiative (PSI) to help ensure the wide reach and deep impact of this ambitious initiative. The PSI incorporates: All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad 2017 International Linguistics Olympiad 2017 Family Problem-Solving Festival Day 2017 Why Sponsor the Problem-Solving Initiative? Associate your brand with an exciting nationwide… Read More

Irish Teen Problem Solvers Win World Bronze in India

Team Ireland secures a bronze medal and two honourable mention awards at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Mysore, India   2 August 2016, Dublin, Ireland: As Team Ireland departs Ireland for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Brazil, four young Irish language code-breakers have proved themselves among the world’s best problem solvers at the… Read More

AILO Final Tests Creative Problem Solving Skills of Secondary School Students

Dublin, 16th March 2016: The 8th annual All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) competition final was held at Trinity College Dublin yesterday (15th March 2016).  100 students from 51 schools coming from 23 counties raced to solve linguistic problems and decipher numerical spy codes in the quest to become Ireland’s top young problem solver.   The students now await the announcement of… Read More