The support comes shortly after Ireland's best performance in the International Maths Olympiad this year

They said over 22,300 additional engineers are needed in the next decade, with just 9.8 per cent of graduates coming from engineering disciplines, half the global average.

PAULA Walshe, a Carlow-based academic and mother of three, has published a book about STEM and the arts (STEAM) for preschool children.

The theme of this year's Science Week is 'regeneration' with a public call to celebrate our innate ability to reinvent, rejuvenate and regenerate.