IAYSG

Irish Association of Youth Science Clubs, IAYSG was an association of disparate science groups in Ireland in the 1980s.

It is widely credited as contributing to the development of the skills required in high tech sectors the fuelled the Celtic Tiger.

The IAYSG was founded in 1982 and met regularly in Thomas Prior House in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland.

In the early 1990s the IAYSG became Youth Science Ireland (YSI). The aim of Youth Science Ireland is to promote science amongst young people, and to promote the interests of its members. YSI is a member of Aontas, Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), the European Youth Science Network (EURYSN), the International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology, and the International Network for Information on Science and Technology Education (INISTE). "Science Link" is the newsletter published by Youth Science Ireland.

External links

*The Youth Science Ireland Website [http://www.connect.ie/ysi/]