Tullow school crowned winners of environmental innovators programme

Students Katelyn Dempsey and Conán Mulvihill from Tullow Community School were crowned overall winners of the Agri Aware and BiOrbic’s Environmental Innovators programme

From left: BiOrbic education coordinator Conor Haugh, Agri Aware chairman Shay Galvin, with Environmental Innovators 2026 champions Conán Mulvihill and Katelyn Dempsey.

Tullow Community School in Co Carlow were crowned Agri Aware and BiOrbic’s national champions of the Environmental Innovators programme.

The transition year students Katelyn Dempsey and Conán Mulvihill emerged as the overall winners with their project ‘Spray Smart’, a spraying suitability website designed to support farmers in navigating pesticide and nitrate regulations.