THE man who looks set to rejuvenate the tourist industry in the south-west region got a standing ovation yesterday when he received the Cork Person of the Year Award from President Mary McAleese.

HAVING a Young Scientist winner in your school is an incredible feat for any teacher or principal, but two in just over a decade has made staff at Scoil Mhuire gan Smál doubly proud.

Nervous moments lie ahead for students from across the country as final judging for the 2010 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition gets underway today.

THE bookies have installed Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney as firm favourite to grab yet another prestigious accolade – this time in his home town.

THEY could be on the verge of fortune and hero status among the world’s dairy farmers but two Cork teenagers were taking it all in their stride on their return to school from being crowned Europe’s best young scientists.

Two Cork teenagers tonight clinched top prize in a Europe-wide science competition.

YOUNG Scientist Exhibition winners Liam McCarthy and John D O’Callaghan will have a direct cost reduction impact on milk production with their discovery which will modernise currently slow and expensive tests for somatic cell content.

THE simple test for testing fresh milk for infection that won teenagers John D O’Callaghan and Liam McCarthy the title of BT Young Scientists 2009 could become a commercial success.