An Opportunity for Ireland to Build a LOFAR Radio Telescope and Join the International LOFAR Network

This talk gives an overview of the opportunity for Ireland to build a LOFAR radio telescope in Birr Castle, Co. Offay and joint the EUR 150M international LOFAR telescope network (www.lofar.org). In particular, it highlights the impacts of investing EUR 1.5M in the Irish LOFAR station, which will have impacts on research, education, and university-industry relations in Ireland. 

The talk was given at the "Big Science: An Irish Grand Challenge" workshop at University College Cork (http://www.bigscienceireland.com).