First ever team represents Ireland at the 7th International Olympiad in Linguistics

Ruadhan Treacy, from Newtown School, Waterford won a Honourable Mention award in the individual round of the 7th International Olympiad in Linguistics 27-31 July 2009) in Wroclaw, Poland. Congratulations to Ruadhan and all the Irish team for doing us proud!!

23 teams from 17 countries competed in the individual and team competitions. Bulgaria and Poland got gold medals in the indiviual round and USA Red Team won the team competition.

The Irish team was made up of two members of the winning team from Newtown School, Waterford, and two of the top students in the AILO individual competition. The team was accompanied by team leader Hugh Dobbs, a teacher from Newtown School, and CNGL's Education and Outreach team.