Dublin student wins Young Scientist award

A Dublin student has been announced as the overall winner of the 50th BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

The winner of the #BTYSTE is 5th year student Paul Clarke from St Paul's College Raheny in Dublin!! pic.twitter.com/bhoLKj7ZWj

— Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (@StripeYSTE) January 10, 2014

Fifth year student Paul Clarke, who attends St Paul's College in Raheny, takes home top prize for his project "Contributions to Cyclic Graph Theory".

The 17-year-old was presented with a cheque for €5,000 and will now go on to represent Ireland at the European Union Young Scientist Competition in September.

Winner of the 50th #BTYSTE Paul Clarke shows his trophy to our Redcoats! pic.twitter.com/GkyAkv4bQs

— Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (@StripeYSTE) January 10, 2014

He also wins a trip to Silicon Valley in California.