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Mon 09 Sep 2008Dublin launches bid to be City of Science
DUBLIN'S BID to become Europe's City of Science in 2012 will be made in Strasbourg today by Minister of State for Science Jimmy Devins and Dublin's Lord Mayor Eibhlín Byrne.
Dublin is competing with Vienna and the winning city will host the Euroscience Open Forum in 2012. The venture is supported by former president Mary Robinson and 17 other public figures including Nobel laureates, scientists, politicians and business leaders.
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