Congrats: Ballina students are top prize winners at national level

SciFest, the competition which promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Ireland, saw students of St Muredach’s College, Ballina take home two major national awards this year.

It was the 20th anniversary of SciFest, with qualifying winners from each of the 16 regional SciFest STEM fairs competing in the SciFest National Final.

Matheo O’Regan Farineau, Iarla Hannon and Michael Duffy received the Intel Technology Award for ‘Game Over’, a project created under the guidance of their teacher Aishling Ruddy.

For their work on ‘Buzz Health’, Conor Casey, Conor Moore and Michael Mullaney took the Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award. Cliodhna Boyce is the students’ science teacher at St Muredach’s College.

The next SciFest Regional Fair, which will include a competition, exhibition of projects and a prize-giving ceremony, will take place in ATU next March.

President of Ireland Catherine Connolly is the SciFest national patron.