Registration for AILO ends of Friday 21st January 2022. The Preliminary Round of AILO will take place online in schools all over the island the week beginning 24th January 2022. Register for AILO to take part in the preliminary round from your own school and to receive information on the workshops. Students can sign up… Read More

The Irish team has taken home a bronze medal and an honourable mention from the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), taking place remotely from ADAPT Dublin City University this week. The Irish team is made up of the top four students from the 2021 All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) which is run by ADAPT, the SFI… Read More

Four students are representing Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), taking place remotely this week, from Dublin City University (DCU). The Irish team is made up of the top four students from the 2021 All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) which is run by ADAPT, the SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, at… Read More

Students from Kildare and Dublin clinch the four team spots out of 100 of Ireland’s top young problem-solvers at the National Final of the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad. Four students have qualified to represent Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) this Summer. Making up the team are Justin Cunningham from Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge,… Read More

    Updated 30 March 2021, Ireland:  Justin Cunningham from Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co. Kildare is the 2021 AILO National Champion. Justin also made the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) team last year (but the IOL as cancelled) and was a previous Junior champion. Joining him on the IOL team are Oscar Despard (Sandford Park… Read More

100 of Ireland’s top young problem-solvers, from 48 secondary schools all over the island, competed in the National Final of the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad on Wednesday 10th March. 11 March 2021, Ireland: Talented problem-solvers from all over Ireland tackled the world’s toughest puzzles in logic, language and linguistics in the National Final of the 13th… Read More

We are planning to hold free online AILO workshops for schools from mid-November 2020 to mid-January 2021. If you would like to host a workshop this year, please email ailo@adaptcentre.ie The workshops will be a live zoom link between the AILO tutor and one school classroom. If you / your students would like to take… Read More

  The ADAPT All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) has been awarded the prestigious 2020 European Language Label (ELL) for the “AILO at Home” project. The ELL award was presented by Léargas at an online awards ceremony today.   AILO at Home, which is led by Dr Cara Greene of the ADAPT EPE team, provides bite-size… Read More

In view of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the possible progression of the Coronavirus risk in Ireland, we have decided to run the National Final of All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad remotely in schools this year. The on-site event would have brought students from 60 schools together and it is considered a precautionary response.  All teacher contacts have… Read More