The BTYSTE Birthday Wall

BTYsTe BIrThDaY Wall

A few of the messages posted on our online birthday wall, helping us celebrate a very special year.

enda kenny

Happy 50th Birthday BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition! Enda Kenny, An Taoiseach.

rDs Dublin

Congratulations to Dr. Tony Scott, the late Dr. Tom Burke,

BT and all who have been involved in YSTE over the last 50 years inspiring young people to question, investigate and explore the world around them. The RDS has been privileged to be a part of this wonderful journey.

catherine conlon Happy Birthday to the BT Young Scientist of the Year. Congratulations on 50 years of excellence, on shaping the lives of young people all over Ireland, and on being the best in Europe! Special congrats to Prof Tony Scott for his innovation all those years ago. usembassydublin Happy 50th Birthday to @BTYSTE We have been proud to be involved the last two years with our Space Camp competitions!

niexecutive Happy 50th birthday to @BTYSTE from @niexecutive Minister O’Dowd. Thousands of our young people inspired to get into STEM #btyste50

science Foundation Ireland (sFI)

Congratulations and Happy 50th Birthday to BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Very best wishes for another successful year from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).

Desmond college Happy 50th Birthday to BTYSTE from all of the Young Scientists of Desmond College past and present. Hope to be there in 2014.

50 Years

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Dr. Tony scott Congratulations on achieving the half century of the Young Scientist Exhibition, long may it continue. It has exceeded our wildest dreams if indeed we had a dream at the time. It is a great pity that Fr. Tom is no longer with us to enjoy its success.

Joan Burton

Congratulations on 50 years of innovations, ideas and wonderful enthusiasm. Here’s to the next 50 years.

mairead mcGuinness meP

Happy 50th Birthday to the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition! Congratulations to all who have participated in the last 50 years. Wishing you many more years of continued success.

rTÉ Happy Birthday to @ BTYSTE - Celebrating 50 years today!

John monahan (The First Young scientist of

the Year, 1965) Congratulations to all people over the years that have made this event such a success. The Young Scientist of The Year event is a great opportunity to motivate and encourage young people to pursue a career in science. Equally important is the often thankless effort, the supporters and organizers of the event put into this effort over the years. Please keep up the good work. This is an Irish Treasure.

minister michael ring Many congratulations and a very Happy 50th Birthday to the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. Best wishes for the future Michael Ring TD, Minister of State for Tourism and Sport.

clare Balding Follow the path that makes your heart sing and your brain go zing. Best wishes, Clare Balding

50 Years

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liam aylward meP

Congratulations to the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition on its 50th Birthday. I have very fond memories of participating in the exhibition in 1970 and I still look forward to visiting the exhibition and meeting the Young Scientists each year. Best of luck for the continued success of this great event. It’s always a pleasure to visit the exhibition and meet the talented students who have such excellent and unique projects on display.

neil Watson A very happy birthday to the Exhibition from Lord Puttnam, Neil Watson and all involved with Atticus Education! This is a brilliant initiative, which grows ever more valuable as innovation becomes more and more important to the health and prosperity of society.

education_Ire Happy 50th Birthday @BTYSTE from Minister Quinn & the Department of Education. Congratulations on all your years of success! #BTYSTE50 ann Blanking I have been involved with the competition for more than 12 years. I was present at the 40th anniversary and I hope that I can make it to the 50th! I was never prouder than seeing my students get up on the stage to collect their awards. The pride, happiness and indeed surprise shone out of their faces! The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition has grown from strength to strength and every student I have brought to the competition has lasting memories and indeed new friendships that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. It doesn’t matter whether they got an award or not. Happy Birthday and many happy returns. Love It!

mary mullaghy

Comhghairdeas to @BTYSTE on your success. Looking forward to celebrating the 50th with you. Le meas, Mary Mullaghy (ISTA National Chairperson) www.ista.ie

heanet Congrats to BT who are celebrating the 50th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition; inspiring kids everywhere. kinsale Happy 50th Birthday to BT Young Scientist from all those in Kinsale. We’re all looking forward to cheering (the loudest) next year. See ye there, and bring cake.

Dr. Adrian Somerfield Congratulations. It seems a long time since I sat in on the original meeting when this scheme was projected, and I am delighted to see how it has all developed. Bravo.

David norris To all at the BT Young Scientist, My heartiest congratulations on reaching this your 50th Birthday!! have always enjoyed my visits to the BT Young Scientist Exhibition and look forward to many more in the future.

sheila Porter

Happy 50th Birthday BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. It’s almost 40 years since I first got involved, first while teaching in Our Lady’s Grove, Goatstown and later in Loreto College, St Stephen’s Green. I still enjoy the week in the RDS. Good luck with the celebrations in January 2014. sheila Gilheany very many congratulations from everyone at the Institute of Physics. Looking forward to at least another 50 years!

Professor John o’halloran, Bees, Ucc

Congratulations Fantastic event, people and ideas Roll on the next 20 years It will be exciting - the young people will be illustrating their work as holograms, it will be visible and smellable (smellavision!) across the world and in space- why not a virtual RDS with some posters in space! Judging will be interesting.

Dr. Thomas Gernon

Happy Birthday to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, and congratulations on inspiring and transforming the careers of so many young, talented Irish people. This institution must be nurtured and preserved for our future generations. Life begins at 50! (2000 winner)