West Cork students take first and second place at Young Engineers Award 2025

Winners of the Engineers Ireland STEPS Young Engineers Award, are, from left, Meg Adams, Saidhbh Deasy, Aoife Whelton, Conor Griffin, Rian O'Leary and Zac Guerin from Barryroe National School. Picture: Rob Lamb

A group of enterprising young West Cork students have won a prestigious engineering award for their potentially lifesaving water safety device.

The six young scientists, all of whom are in third class at Barryroe National School, won the Engineers Ireland STEPS Young Engineers Award for 2025 for their invention — an innovative Water Safety Wristband.