Google asks Irish children to design its next Doodle

Irish children are being asked to get involved in this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition, where they can design a Google logo based on the theme of “I wish”.

The Doodle 4 Google competition is open to all primary and secondary school students across the Republic of Ireland.

The winning Doodle will appear on Google Ireland’s homepage for 24 hours in March 2012. Along with this, the student and their teacher will both win personal laptops and their school will win a €10,000 technology grant.

“We are really excited by this year’s theme ‘I wish’, which allows children to be as open and as creative as their imaginations will allow,” said John Herlihy, head of Google Ireland.

“At Google, innovation and creativity are at the heart of everything we do, so through the Doodle 4 Google competition we can encourage children to pursue these principals from the earliest possible age.

“We cannot wait to see the Doodles inspired by young people’s wishes; it could be playing rugby for Ireland, solving global warming, or going into space,” he said.