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Watch: news2day Friday, 17 October 2025

How Met Éireann uses Maths to help predict the weather. Making sustainable paper from grass. The Wexford Opera Festival is underway and more!

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Many of you know that this week is Maths Week, but what some of you may not know, is the important role math's plays in weather forecasting. So Florence, along with students from Scoil an tSeachtar Laoch went to Met Éireann, Ireland's National Meteorological Service to find out more!

Students from Tullamore, Co OPffaly have been using grass clippings from a local pitch and putt club to prooduce sustainable paper products. The team from Tullamore College were runners-up at the prestigious SAGE World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia last month, the competition which showcases teenage entrepreneurs tackling social challenges.

The Wexford Opera Festival is underway with a theme of myths and legends this year. Singers and actors of all ages and experience are getting involved, such as the students from Cathal's old primary school, CBS Primary Wexford, as Evelyn found out for news2day!

There's lots more content from the show, including an archive, on the news2day website!

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