At the event Ruth Cunningham (16) from Kilteevan spoke about girls’ participation in STEM subjects at school. Almost 1,000 schoolchildren from Roscommon, Kildare, Dublin, Wicklow, Cork, Westmeath, Mayo, and Meath attended Child Talks 2023, now in its sixth year. “My topic for Child Talk's was girls’ participation in STEM- or lack thereof. Children from across Ireland applied to take part in Child Talks. The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, said: “Child Talks has been running for six years now and is going from strength to strength.

Source: The Herald December 07, 2023 16:20 UTC