Fertility awareness project recognised at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

A project on fertility awareness by three innovative teenage boys found a lack of knowledge among their peers and even their teachers, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

WHEN a trio of Roscommon schoolboys announced they were doing a project on fertility awareness — which they eventually took to this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition — the reaction from their peers was one of amusement.

“We were met with laughter and joking about three lads taking on such a female-associated topic,” says Simon Leonard, 16, a fifth-year at Roscommon Community College, a co-ed school with 400 students.