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
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
93% of students say All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad has improved their problem-solving skills 93% of participants in the final of All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad 2016 report that the contest has helped them to enhance their problem-solving skills. These results were revealed in a survey of contestants at the national final of the contest, which was… Read More
Ireland’s top four secondary school decoders win the chance to represent their country at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria Four secondary school students from across the island of Ireland have been selected to test their language decoding skills against the world’s best at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, in July. The students,… Read More
Talented decoders tackle world’s toughest puzzles in linguistics, logic and language Ireland’s top young problem solvers pitted their wits against the languages of the world at the national final of the ADAPT All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad at Dublin City University on 24 March 2015. The contest aims to identify Ireland’s leading young language decoders by… Read More