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2009 Winners

The BT Young Scientist(s) of the Year 2009 are John D. O’Callaghan and Liam McCarthy , 2nd year students from Kinsale Community School, Co Cork.  Their project entitled, “The Development of a Convenient Test Method for Somatic Cell Count and its Importance in Milk Production” was announced Taoiseach Brian Cowen T.D. and Chris Clark, Chief Executive Officer, BT Ireland.

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2008 Winners

The BT Young Scientist of the Year 2008 is Emer Jones, a 2nd Year student from Presentation School, Tralee, Co Kerry. Her project entitled, “Research and Development of Emergency Sandbag Shelters” was announced by Minister for Education & Science Mary Hanafin TD and Chris Clark, Chief Executive Officer, BT Ireland.

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2007 Winners

The BT Young Scientist of the Year 2007 is Somalian born Abdusalam Abubakar, a 3rd year student from CBS Synge Street, Dublin 8. Abdusalam project entitled, “An Extension of Wiener’s Attack on RSA” was announced by Minister for Education & Science Mary Hanafin TD and Mike Maloney, COO, BT Ireland.

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2006 Winners

The BT Young Scientist of the Year 2006 is Aisling Judge, a 2nd year student from Kinsale, Co. Cork.  Aisling is the youngest ever winner in the exhibition’s 42 year history and her winning project, entitled “The development and evaluation of a biological food spoilage indicator” was announced by Minister for Education & Science, Mary Hanafin TD and Mike Maloney, COO, BT Ireland.

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Press Releases

THIRD LEVEL PLACEMENTS AWARDED TO THE INNOVATORS OF TOMORROW AT BT BUSINESS BOOTCAMP
Some school students revise their academic and career direction due to the week long intensive skills programme

Next-Generation Entrepreneurs Get to Work at Innovation & Mentoring Skills Camp
The BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp 2012 brings together 32 second-level students from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland who have demonstrated an ability to understand how and why ideas can be developed into commercially-viable enterprises. The students were selected in January 2012 from over 1,200 secondary school students who competed in this year's BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin.