Young Irish inventors make James Dyson award shortlist

Inventions from two Irish students have made the shortlist for this year’s prestigious James Dyson award.

The successful entries, from Dublin Institute of Technology’s Eilis Delaney and the University of Limerick’s Cathal Redmond, were selected from more than 600 projects and are listed as being in the top 20 worldwide.

Eilis, a product design student, has designed a potentially life-saving “smart” firefighter helmet, called Sense, which will assist a firefighter while navigating a burning building with poor visibility.