Kerry sisters win top prize at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

The sisters won the top prize with their project, ACT (Aid Care Treat): App-timising emergency response

This year’s winners of the BT Young Scientist of the Year award has gone to a trio of sisters from Tralee for their development of a smartphone app aimed at improving the response of health services in emergency situations.

This year’s winners of the BT Young Scientist of the Year award has gone to a trio of sisters from Tralee for their development of a smartphone app aimed at improving the response of health services in emergency situations.

The overall award for the 61st edition of the exhibition went to sisters Ciara, Saoirse, and Laoise Murphy from Presentation Secondary School in Tralee, who received their award from Minister for Education Norma Foley at the event in the RDS, Dublin.