All eyes on the prize as enterprising students show their flair at awards

Three transition-year students who had the bottle to turn a classic science experiment into a toy have won the top prize at the Student Enterprise Award National Finals in Dublin yesterday.

Sixteen-year-old students, Matthew Hewston, Fergus Munday and Luke Sheridan from St Clare’s Comprehensive School, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, developed Squeazy, using attractive packaging and a strong marketing campaign around the characters, Drip and Drop.

The company has sold more than 1,000 of the toys and developed a partnership with O2 in Dublin.