Students at two Cork primary schools among the winners of a national 3D-printing competition

The tech-savvy pupils at CBS Primary Charleville and St Patrick's Boys' National School in Cork were challenged to design something to improve health in their communities

Shane Wolfe and Richard Rajeev, third class pupils at St Patrick's Boys' National School, one of two Cork schools which won National Design Competition using 3D printing to respond to health challenges in their community. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Students at two Cork primary schools have been named as winners of a national 3D-printing competition that challenged them to design projects to improve health in their communities.

CBS Primary Charleville and St Patrick’s Boys’ National School in Cork have been named as winners of ‘Manufacturing a Healthy Future’, a 3D-printing design challenge from I-Form, which is the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, and medical technology company Stryker.