Armagh schools rise to the top at awards

St Patrick’s High School in Armagh picked up the award for Best Northern Ireland School and they also received the accolade for BT Northern Ireland Best Project.

The project, called Power Down to Power Up, was entered in the Social & Behavioural Sciences category at junior level and the group also received 2nd Place in the Social & Behavioural Junior Group for their entry.

A second project entered by the school entitled “An investigation into how foam reduces spillages in liquids” in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category at junior level was also highly commended.

St Catherine’s College in Armagh received the BT-Best Project in Irish Award for their project Eiseapláinéid a Fhiosrú.

They were also highly commended for the same project in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category at intermediate level.

A further project from St Catherine’s College was also highly commended - “Irish dancing is a sport, not just a hobby” in the Biological and Ecological category at junior level.

The winners of the overall prize were Maria Louise Fufezan (16) and Diana Bura (15) from Co.Dublin who took home the top prize for their Investigation into the Effects of Enzymes used in Animal Feed Additives on the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis Elegans.

Almost 1,200 students from across Northern Ireland and the Republic covering 550 projects from 29 counties competed in the RDS for the coveted title of BT Young Scientist(s) & Technologist(s) of the Year.

The award for Best Individual went to transition year student Shane Curran (16) from Terenure College, Dublin for his project Velodrome: The Automated Logistics Fulfilment Platform.

Shane was entered in the technology category at intermediate level.

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