Science squad: Three Cork teenagers scoop first prize in EU biology contest

Three teenagers from Cork have scooped a top prize at the EU’s Young Scientist competition.

Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey, and Sophie Healy-Thow beat more than 120 students from 38 countries to win first prize in the biology section of the contest in Prague.

The schoolgirls represented Ireland after being crowned winners of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in January for their project which examined diazotroph bacteria on plant growth.