CIT hair sample system tests positive with judges

A SYSTEM for randomly drug-testing employees, using hair samples, won a national student entrepreneur award yesterday.

The system, developed by two Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) students, Cathal Kenneally, 22, from Rochestown, and Anna Ford, 22, from Spur Hill, beat off competition from four other finalists to win the Enterprise Ireland College Entrepreneurs of the Year title at Carlow IT yesterday.

Having seen a similar programme in the US some years ago, Cathal brought the system back to Ireland.