Brush with genius: Jessica's clever poster wins national competition 

Jessica Phelan wins national gas safety poster competition. 

WHEN her class got the opportunity to enter a carbon monoxide (CO) safety poster competition, Jessica Phelan’s teacher recommended the children go home and sleep on it.

“I thought about it and then an idea just popped into my head,” says 12-year-old Jessica, who went on to win the competition – the aim of which is to raise awareness of carbon monoxide and the dangers it can pose in our homes.