ChOIRL 2025
All eligible students (see criteria below) in their final year of second level study in Chemistry are invited to participate in Round 1 of ChOIRL.
Please contact your chemistry teacher for details of the competition in 2025.
The following awards will be presented to the winners of ChOIRL:
- Gold, Silver & Bronze Chemistry Olympiad Ireland (ChOIRL) Medals and Highly Commended Awards
Eligible Students:
- Should be sitting the Leaving Certificate, A-Levels or International Baccalaureate in 2025
- Completed registration needs to be submitted (please contact your teacher for completion of registration form)
- Certificates of participation will be awarded to all those who complete in Round 1.
National award winners will be invited to attend training for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO). The final team of 4 students to represent Ireland at the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad IChO 2025 will be selected following a further, final examination at the end of the Round 2 training. IChO 2025 will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from July 5-14, 2025: https://icho2025.ae/.
Further training to prepare the team for the international competition will take place in late June and early July for the four, successful, selected student participants of Team Ireland. The details of this training programme will be issued by the Organising Committee in June 2025.
ChOIRL Organising Committee 2025:
Dr. Carl Poree, University of Manchester (UoM) – Co-Chair
Dr. Brian Murphy, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS) – Co-Chair
Dr. John O’Donoghue, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – Secretary
Dr. Pat O’Malley, Dublin City University (DCU)
Dr. Cormac Quigley, Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Dr. Elizabeth Gilchrist, University College Cork (UCC)
Funding:
Funding gratefully acknowledged from North/South Cooperation Section, Department of Education, Government of Ireland (https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/dcf941-international-co-operation/)
For Queries:
Please e-mail: brian.murphy@tus.ie or carl.poree@manchester.ac.uk