- Irish Schools' Programming Competition Latest News The 2002 competition. The 2001 Irish Schools' Programming Competition took place on April 21st. Introduction This is an annual computer programming competition held at Dublin City University, DCU, sponsored by DCU and IBM Ireland. The goals of the competition are To encourage and reward young programmers, (male and female). To promote contacts ...www.compapp.dcu.ie/~cdaly/ire_comp.html