What's it like to be a scientist?

Science, despite the savage downturn, continues to get the support of the Irish government, which remains committed to move towards a 'knowledge economy'.

If the momentum built up in recent years can be maintained, science might survive the recession relatively unscatched, while the demand for people trained in science and technology will continue.

In a special supplement Marie Catherine Mousseau talks to a number of people that have chosen science as a career, and how their career paths led them to where they are working today.

Click here to read the supplement