Whiskey in the car earns Cork scientist an OBE

A trailblazing Irish scientist whose pioneering whiskey-derived biofuel could revolutionise global transport has been awarded an OBE.

Scotland-based professor Martin Tangney, who is originally from Cork, made headlines last year when he test-drove the first ‘whiskey-powered’ car fuelled by his biofuel, biobutanol.

He has now been awarded an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his services to engineering and energy industries.