A Stripe Young Scientist shows off her project. We report from the iWish Festival at the RDS. The rain keeps pouring down. Rugby news and a big birthday cake for an elephant.
There were lots of winners at the Stripe YSTE at the start of the year. Rachel Coghlan took home the Kerry Group Sustainable Food Award. Today she got a special tour of their labs. She also showed the scientists her winning product ChewGreen.
Thousands of girls from across the country took part in the annual iWish Festival at the RDS in Dublin. The one-day event gives young girls the opportunity to learn about STEM! RTÉ's Work & Technology Correspondent Brian O'Donovan tagged along for news2day.
Ireland take on France in their opening game of the Men's Six Nations in Paris this evening. We get the latest from the camp. And the wet weather has brough Orange Alerts to parts of the country with more flooding and travel disruption expected.
To help cheer everyone up, we finish the show with something fun. One lucky elephant is getting a birthday cake with a difference- check it out!
th something fun. One lucky elephant is getting a birthday cake with a difference- check it out!
There's lots more content from the show, including an archive, on the news2day website.
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