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Mon 11 Nov 2002Cuts may drive best researchers abroad, say science deansIreland's brightest students and researchers could be "poached" by overseas universities because of recent Government cutbacks at third level, the heads of science at the State's seven universities have warned.The deans of science said the freezing of funds for research infrastructure at third level could ultimately make it impossible to attract and keep Irish and international researchers in their universities.