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Mon 06 Jun 2009It would be a mistake of monumental proportions to take the shears to the country's science budget
WHY DO WE conduct science? Why do we carry out research? What is it good for?
As a nation, we need to be able to answer these questions. The Government is expected to put more than €4 billion into research over the period 2007-2013, so this is far from a small-change investment.
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