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Feb 8: Ireland's gamble on R&D

The Crann nanotechnology research centre in Dublin is a concrete example of the success of the European Union's Lisbon Agenda, which ten years ago set out to make Europe the world's most dynamic knowledge-based economy. But how far have those ambitions been met? Can Europe compete with the US? And how realistic are the EU's R&D targets? John Murray Brown reports Dublin. Produced and edited by Daniel Garrahan. Filmed by Gregory Bobillot.