Young Scientist told ‘help us save lives’

THE Minister for Foreign Affairs has asked the winner of this year’s Young Scientist of the Year competition to meet with Irish Aid officials to discuss how his project can be used to save lives.

And Self Help Africa has already invited the sixth year student from Blarney in Co Cork to travel to Uganda with the charity next Easter.

Micheál Martin said he believed Richard O’Shea’s project, a biomass-fired cooking stove for developing countries, could be a “a real practical help” in Irish efforts to help people in poorer nations.