Póstaeir san Oireachtas (Posters in Parliament, Ireland) 2025
This is the page for Póstaeir san Oireachtas (Posters in Parliament, Ireland). This initiative is part of Posters in Brussels (PiB), an Erasmus+, Higher Ed, Cooperation Partnership program funded project dedicated to the enhancement of Undergraduate research, dissemination, communication and civic engagement across Europe.
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is one of five universities across Europe working on this project. ATU, in co-operation with SURE Network colleagues from TUS, TU Dublin, SETU and Dundalk IT, is running the national PsO programme for 2025. Find out more about the overall project goals and our European project partners here: https://www.postersinbrussels.eu/.
About the Irish Posters in Parliament, Póstaeir san Oireachtas (PsO) event
Póstaeir san Oireachtas (PsO) connects undergraduate researchers directly with political decision and policy makers, uniting researchers from different disciplines under the theme Research for Change. Through this project we wish to empower students to advocate for effective societal change, enhancing political awareness and civic engagement behaviours, whilst providing guidance on how to disseminate research findings for maximum impact.
What: PsO is an undergraduate research posters showcase, highlighting excellence in undergraduate research generated by students across the whole Island of Ireland. Following a competitive nomination and detailed selection process, 30 students from 14 Higher Education Institutes (HEI) around Ireland were chosen to showcase their undergraduate research directly to politicians and policy makers in Ireland’s parliamentary buildings. PsO participants will have their posters displayed in the Oireachtas from Monday the 10th November to Friday the 14th November. To find out more about the exciting research on display please check out our dedicated PsO participant page
When and where: PsO will take place in the heart of the Irish Parliamentary buildings, The Oireachtas in Leinster House Dublin on Wednesday the 12th Nov from 5-7pm. The timing of the event has been carefully scheduled to coincide with the Dáil vote and committee meetings to ensure maximum accessibility to politicians, TDs and ministers from all over Ireland.
Who: PsO is being championed by Minister James Lawless, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and sponsored by TD Erin McGreehan, Cathaoirleach of the Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. It is anticipated that both Minster Lawless and Deputy McGreehan will be speaking at this event and so will have the opportunity to review the excellent standard of innovative undergraduate research on display. In addition we are grateful for the support of retired Minister and public engagement expert, Mr. Denis Naughten, the official PsO parliamentary & government engagement advisor.
How: Each Higher Education Institute (HEI) across the island of Ireland was invited to nominate up to five potential candidates from across all disciplines and fields of study. Students were nominated who demonstrated significant excellence in original undergraduate research and whose research has the potential for tangible socioeconomic, technological, health, sustainability or environmental impact in the future. Following their nomination in June 2025, PsO participants received dedicated training and one on one feedback through a comprehensive training programme developed and delivered by the national PsO committee in conjunction with Mr. Denis Naughten, the PsO parliamentary & government engagement advisor. Participants also received pitch training in research dissemination prior to the event and will have their research published in a special edition of SURE-J, Ireland’s undergraduate research journal (ISSN 2990-8167).
National PsO project organisers and contact information
The ATU Posters in Brussels/Póstaeir san Oireachtas project team: Dr. Therese Montgomery (National Project Lead), Dr. Brigid Hooban, Dr. Cormac Quigley and Dr. Eva Campion.
The national Póstaeir san Oireachtas project team: Dr. AnneMarie O’Brien (Technological University Shannon); Dr. Edel McNeela (South East Technological University); Dr. James Walshe (Technological University Dublin) and Dr. Sinéad Loughran (Dundalk Institute of Technology).
Further updates on this exciting new project and how you can apply for next year’s event will appear here in due course. In the meantime, for more information you can contact the national PsO committee at PsO@atu.ie, or email the Irish PsO and PiB project lead, Dr. Therese Montgomery (therese.montgomery@atu.ie)
Scientific advisor, Posters in Brussels project:
Prof. Dr. Harald Mieg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Posters in Brussels European Project Partners
