Road safety system drives Irish team to tech success

A GROUP of Irish students have gained international recognition for an in-car road safety system designed to save lives.

The team from the Sligo Institute of Technology saw off competition from more than 400 finalists from 70 countries to win a major international technology prize in New York yesterday.

The students were named the winners of the annual Microsoft Imagine Cup, which has been described as the world’s premier student technology competition.