Young Scientist: Kerry student wins top prize for 'extraordinary' brain cancer diagnostic tool

Tralee 15-year-old Aoibheann Daly is hailed for her 'extraordinary achievement' which could help doctors improve the treatment of brain cancer

Aoibheann Daly from Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School with the trophy for her brain cancer diagnosis tool at the Stripe Young Scientist Exhibition in the RDS. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews

A 15-year-old from Kerry has scooped the top prize at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for an "extraordinary achievement" that helps doctors improve the treatment of brain cancer.

Aoibheann Daly, a fourth-year student at Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Kerry, won the 2026 competition with her project, GlioScope: multi-task deep learning and causal AI for glioma & glioblastoma profiling.