Young social innovators think about drivers with disabilities 

Students Heather Barnett and Colin Harding from Cashel Community School, with teacher Caitriona Ryan, winners of the Young Social Innovators (YSI) Ireland Awards. Picture: Diarmuid Greene

A PROJECT aiming to tackle misuse of parking spaces designated for people with disabilities won 19 students from Cashel Community School the overall award in the latest Young Social Innovators (YSI) Ireland Awards.

The students envisaged a deterrent device to combat irresponsible parking and they designed a prototype that triggers an alarm if a driver can’t display a valid parking permit (blue badge).