Projects on alcohol and barley sow seeds of success

The winners of this year’s BT Young Scientist have achieved European success and will now present their project to a global audience in the US.

Eimear Murphy and Ian O’Sullivan added further analysis about the drinking habits of teenagers to the findings that won them top prize last January, as they represented Ireland at the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Milan.

The fifth-year students of Coláiste Treasa in Kanturk, Co Cork, were rewarded with the Intel ISEF international travel award at yesterday’s prize-giving event. They will now compete with young scientists from around the world in Phoenix, Arizona, next May.