Transition-year student scoops entrepreneur award

A TRANSITION-YEAR student with an inventor’s flair has scooped a top prize for her business idea.

Marie Ní Mhairtín, of Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Dingle, Co Kerry, won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 for her tractor sprayer.

Her ‘safe scrub sprayer’ is activated inside a tractor, making for safer and healthier spraying. The device operates from the front of the tractor, allowing the farmer adjust the height for more efficient spraying and cost savings.