1995 YOUNG SCIENTISTS AER LINGUS by BT Young Scientist

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Aer Lingus Young Scientists

Thirty First Annual Aer Lingus Young Scientists Exhibition 1995 316 Taispeantais na nEolaithe Oga Aer Lingus 1995

Contents

page Foreword

Foreword

Message iron An Taoiseach Programme of Events Panel of Judges Aer Lingus Young Scientists Winners Abroad

General Information Prizes and Awards Special Features at the Exhibition Past Young Scientists - Where Are They Now? Companies and Organisations associated with the exhibition

LISTING OF PROJECTS Chemistry, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Individual ................................................................................................................... Group

Social and Behavioural Sciences Individual ...................................................................................................................... Group

Biological and Ecological Sciences Individual .................................................................................................................... Group

It gives me great pleasure to once again pen the welcoming words to this annual Aer Lingus event of science and communication. The young scientists we see here in these halls, who continuously amaze us with their energy and enthusiasm, have truly earned the name scientist as they pursue their goals in the interests of uncovering knowledge. I salute their bold visionary thinking and determined patience. In being scientists, and not alone technologists, will they have the skills to change and improve the environment in which we live.

As a contest that has been open to young people from all 32 counties since its inception in 1965, it gives us great hope to welcome young scientists to Dublin from every corner of the country in a new climate of peace and reconciliation. We especially welcome the Armagh Planetarium to the exhibition and hope that this is the beginning of greater co-operation and exposure to things northerly. As a company whose business involves crossing borders, overflying obstacles and uniting people of all cultures and differences, we are glad to be a guiding force in this powerhouse of youth scientific research that is the Aer Lingus Young Scientists Exhibition. The exhibition has always been a constant beacon of hope that embodied the positive attributes sought by the new Aer Lingus, and will continue to illuminate the way forward to continued success in serving Irish society.

Science, which knows no borders, nor is impeded by cultural differences, creates opportunities for many common goals to be shared by young people both internationally and here in Ireland. Aer Lingus looks forward to the role that it can continue to play in these important developments.

Bernie Cahill Executive Chairman Aer Lingus

Message from An Taoiseach

together a project for the exhibition fosters good team spirit, commitment and co-operation. The practical application of the discoveries and findings which result from this competition are of course another positive aspect. Perhaps most positive, though, is the light which it

Wednesday, January 4th 8.3oam -1.oopm

Friday, January 6th 9.ooam Final judging All exhibitors must attend.

Taoiseach, Mr John Bruton TO.

many occasions.

Film show in the RDS

Pat Kenny, RTE, to officiate as

Ireland's successful candidates

It is therefore a great pleasure for me to lend my support to this year's Aer Lingus Young Scientists Exhibition. The educational benefits of the competition are obvious - both for the participants and for those who visit the exhibition. There can be no doubt either, that putting

Taoiseach.

8.oopm -1o.3opm Quiz. Contact Teachers' Registration for further details.

greater successes in Europe on

bre of our young people.

the most positive events of the year. It richly deserves the widespread participation, interest, and support it receives year after year.

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Programme of Events Tuesday, January 3rd 2.00pm - 8.oopm Assembly of projects from Dublin and surrounding counties

Exhibitors complete assembly of projects. 3.oopm - 6.3opm Interviews with judges: exhibitors must attend. 8.oopm -10.0opm

clearly sheds on the high cali-

The Aer Lingus Young Scientists Exhibition is well established as a regular fixture on our national educational and social calendar. It is one of

look to the future of our country with even more confidence.

have gone on to achieve

Concourse

This exhibition gives our young people - from schools all over Ireland - the opportunity to demonstrate their ability and initiative. They do this superbly. No visitor to the exhibition can fail to be impressed by the talent which is clearly demonstrated. I have always been inspired by what I have seen. It is reassuring to see the talent and enthusiasm demonstrated by the young people participating in this competition. With such talent clearly demonstrated here, we can

ii.ooam - 18.oopm Exhibition open to public and school groups. 5.0opm Official Opening by An

Master of Ceremonies.

ners. Exhibitors, teachers and parents welcome. Prizes presented by Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor,a space scientist from St Patrick's College in Maynooth and Irish laureate for the European Woman of the Year Awards. The ceremony will be compered by Gerry Ryan of RTE. 8.oo - 11.oopm The Blue Genes Ball in the RDS Concert Hall - a line-dancing extravaganza. Dress is blue jeans, with stetson hats and cowboy boots optional.

Announcement of category

Thursday, January 5th 9.ooam - 6.oopm Judging of projects: exhibitors must attend. Exhibitors will have free periods during the day but must remain at the RDS. 12.00 - 3.0opm Visiting school groups 7.oopm -1o.oopm Private judging. Judges will read reports. Exhibitors or teachers will not be admitted to the exhibition hall during this period.

prizewinners and presentation of prizes to top award winners will take place. All exhibitors are requested to attend this function.

7.30pm - 9.30pm Disco hosted by a Special Guest. Saturday, January 7th ii.ooam - 6.oopm Exhibition open to the public 3.oopm Award Ceremony Presentation of awards to win-

Sunday, January 8th ii.ooam - 5.00pm Exhibition open to public Exhibition visited by TDs, Ministers and other VIPs. 2.topm President Mary Robinson will visit the exhibition. 4.30pm Closing Ceremony with Ray D'Arcy from RTE.

Judges

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS Chemistry, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Rev Dr T Burke University College, Dublin Mn J Farrell Airmotive Ireland Ltd Professor F Imbusch University College, Galway Dr E O'Neill

Chairman of the Panel of Judges Mr Conor McCarthy, BSc (Eng.), MIEI Aer Lingus General Manager Marketing Strategy Honourary Member Professor E T S Walton, Trinity College, Nobel Prizewinner in Physics (1951) Exhibition Administrator Ms Jacqueline Mahon, Aer Lingus

Trinity College, Dublin

Social and Behavioural Sciences Mr S Blain Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin Dr K Hourihan University College, Cork Dr F Howell North Eastern Health Board Dr P O'Hara Consultant Sociologist Dr M Upton University College, Dublin

Biological & Ecological Sciences Dr j Bracken

University College, Dublin Prof D M X Donnelly University College, Dublin Dr G Doyle University College, Dublin Mr H Fuller University College, Dublin Dr T Walsh Blood Transfusion Service Board, Dublin

GROUP PROJECTS Chemistry, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Prof T Brazil University College Dublin Dr M J Byrne El Company, Shannon Prof j Corish Trinity College, Dublin Dr M G Ebison Inst of Physics London & European Phy. Society Dr 0 Finlayson Dublin City University Mr B Hayden Guinness Peat Aviation Dr D Melody Loctite Irl Ltd Dr C O'Sullivan University College, Cork Dr j A Scott University College, Dublin

Social & Behavioural Sciences Dr P Andrews St Declan's School, Dublin Dr] Barry Eastern Health Board

Dr M Fitzgerald Trinity College, Dublin Mr P Fox Department of Education, Dublin Prof D Gilmore Trinity College, Dublin Mn] Hourihane St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin Ms C Kelleher Consultant Sociologist Dr H McGee Royal College of Surgeons Mr P McGee St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin Mr TD McQuaid

Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin Ms R Morrow Department of Education, Dublin Mr Des McCluskey University College, Dublin Dr E Shelly Irish Heart Foundation MrM Walsh Vocational Education Committee, Co Wicklow

Biological & Ecological Sciences

DISPLAY AWARDS

Prof E Colleran

Aer Lingus, Dublin

Mr D Skehan University College, Galway

Mr R Uhlemann

Dr ANGlynn

Aer Lingus, Dublin

Dublin City University

Prof M G Harrington University College, Dublin Mr Tom Harrington University of Limerick Dr M Hennerty University College, Dublin Dr C Hussey University College, Dublin DrA McNally Dublin Corporation Central Laboratory Mr R McMullan St Columba's College, Dublin Dr Declan Murray University College, Dublin Dr Julian Reynolds Trinity College Dublin Mr P Wilson Zoological Gardens, Dublin

Aer Lingus Young

Jane Feehan

Scientists Abroad

Aer Lingus Young Scientist of

/one is pictured here with the Hereditary Grand Duke Ferdinand of Luxembourg and Rene Stiechen, EU Commissioner, receiving her award at the contest.

Joy Rice,

the Year 1994

Suzanne Kingston and Nicola Porter, the 1994 Best Group

Jane Feehan took part in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Luxembourg in September 1994. She won the top award there and brought home a cheque for f4,ooo and the added distinction of being chosen to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm in December 1994. In between these two events, Jane travelled to Oxford to take up her place in the university to study biology with a view to specialising in Entomology, the study of insects.

Ciaran Hartigan and Kevin O 'Shaughnessy, the 1994 Runner-Up Group. Ciaran and Kevin from Galway took part in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Alabama, USA, where they presented their work on digital signal processing, which involved devising a method for filtering out background noise on, for example, a CD recording.

Ciaran and Kevin are both studying for their Leaving Certificate in Colaiste lognaid, Galway.

This trio from Wesley College in Dublin took their research project on the impact of sedimentation on the North Bull Island, to the Young European's Environmental Contest in

Cologne, Germany, where they won a major prize. In addition to this, they won a place on the Environmental Contest's Summer Camp to take place in Nationalpark Vorpommersche, on the Baltic Sea Coast in northern Germany, an ecologically fragile area where they will take part in an environmental research project.

General Information

Exhibition Administration Office On the right of the main entrance.

Hours of Opening Friday, January 6th 11oo hrs-18oo hrs

Press Office On the right of the main entrance, on the balcony.

Saturday, January 7th 1100 hrs -1800 hrs

Teachers' Centre Pine Room on the right-hand side of Main Hall.

Sunday, January 8th 11oo hrs -1700 hrs

Admission charges Security Uniformed and plain clothes security personnel will be on duty during the exhibition. First Aid Check with Administration Office

Adults £2.50 Children and students f1.20 Families of up to 2 adults and 4 children £6.oo Late Cancellations Due to late notification of withdrawal by exhibitors, some projects which have been included in this catalogue may not be on display. This accounts for some possible gaps in the numbering system of stands.

Awards The prize fund for 1995 will amount to £15,000. This includes cash prizes and trophies, school and teacher awards, travel to science fairs in Europe and the United States and mementoes for all participants. The following awards will be made, provided that, in the opinion of the judges, the projects reach a desired standard.

Top Awards ................... Young Scientist or Scientists of the Year The premier award winner will

The following prizes will be distributed among the top four winners, excluding the Aer Lingus Young Scientist(s) of the Year, depending on the suitability of the project to the prize:

receive the Aer Lingus silver will represent Ireland at the

The International Science and Engineering Fair.

trophy plus £1,ooo. The winner

in supporting their commitment to the environment. Munich, Germany is the venue for the 1995 contest and the selected Aer Lingus young scientist(s) will represent Ireland and compete with over 70 contestants from 27 European countries.

European Union Science

An Aer Lingus young scientist

6th International Wild Animal

Contest in Newcastle, England.

or scientists will represent

Research Week 1995

This prestigious event is

Ireland at the International

Organised by the Swiss Youth

attended by almost 8o top

Science and Engineering Fair in

Foundation, this prize involves

young scientists from 17

Hamilton, Ontario in Canada.

a place on a research team of

European countries, and

This contest is running for over

24 European young scientists

includes an exciting pro-

45 years and brings almost

from a number of European

gramme of cultural and social

1,ooo young scientists together

countries. The week-long bio-

events.

from all over the US and

logical and ecological research

Europe. The trip is sponsored

project will take place in

by the Westinghouse Electric

Aletschregion, in the Swiss

Corporation who also present a

mountains in July 1995.

Best Individual or Best Group Will receive the Aer Lingus prize of £500, a perpetual trophy and a Certificate of Distinction. Runner Up Group and Runner Up Individual Will receive the Aer Lingus prize of £30o and a Certificate of Distinction.

trophy to the winner.

Young European's Environmental Research This contest was founded in 199o by the German Youth Foundation and the Deutsche Bank with the aim of bringing together young scientists from all over Europe with an interest in science and technology, and

The European Space Agency A trip to the Agency's Technology Research Centre and Space Expo in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, is sponsored by Forbairt. This houses the Large European Acoustic Facility, the Fuel Cell Test Facility, the Telecommunications Transmission Laboratory

and the Large Space Simulator. The Space Expo features exhibits of actual flight hardware, audio visual presentations and models. Category Awards ................... There is a section for individual projects and another for group projects. (Group and individual projects do not compete with each other except for the top award). Each section has three categories - Biological and Ecological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematical Sciences and Social and Behavioural Sciences. Within each category there are age divisions - Junior, Intermediate and Senior. First, Second and Third prizes Of f90 (flzo), f65 (f9o), E50 (f8o), will be awarded in each division (27 prizes for individual projects, and 27 for groups).

Display Awards a symbol of wisdom and • • • •' • • • • • • • • • • • • • . sacredness. It is also associatPrizes of E30 (f5o) will be ed with strength and longevity. awarded to projects which are well presented. (9 prizes for Participation Awards ••••••••••••••••••• individual projects, and 9 for groups) Each participant will receive a certificate of display and a Highly Commended memento of their participation Awards in the exhibition. ••••••••••.••••.

Some ioo prizes for projects

Special Awards

that are highly commended by

...................

the judges. A wooden propelling pencil, designed by Liam O'Neill in his Connemara workshop as a special commission for the Aer Lingus Young Scientists Exhibition, will be presented to the winners of the Highly Commended Awards. The timber turned for this pencil has come from the window sills of the decommissioned Orthapaedic Hospital in Croom, Co Limerick. On some of the pencils, it is possible to see the marks from the old rusty nails. The Oak has been held in reverence through the ages and was

In addition to the general awards in each category a number of special awards are being offered through the generosity of the sponsoring institutes and organisations listed here. The Special Award trophy, specially commissioned by

DESIGNyard, the Applied Arts Centre at Temple Bar for Aer Lingus, was designed by David Sisk, a graduate of the National College of Art and Design where he majored in glass. David has used recycled glass to make a form which reflects an environmental theme, a melting icicle with a trapped air bubble inside. Also suggested is a scientific instrument with graduated measurements. The shape is also representative of the first shoot that bursts out of the germinated seed,symbolising freshness and newness. Placed on a slab of Connemara marble, the uneven and heavily-veined green marble contrasts dramatically with the smooth finish of the handformed glass object. Sandblasted on the surface of the glass is the Aer Lingus Young Scientists logo. Barnardos Two awards for projects which contribute to our knowledge about the needs of children

and child care services. Bord na Gaeilge Se dhuais do na tionscnaimh Ghaeilge is fearr a phleitear tri mheain na Gaeilge. An Bord Glas Two awards for projects demonstrating ways and means of achieving import substitution, export expansion and job creation in the horticultural sector. Irish Business and Employers' Confederation Two awards for projects with potential for commercial development. The Institute of Biology of Ireland Two prizes for the best projects in Biological Sciences Institute of Chemistry of Ireland / Royal Society of Chemistry Two prizes for the best projects in pure or applied Chemistry

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Nicholas Callan Award for

Irish Professors of Botany Two prizes for the best botanic projects.

the project which displays the best understanding of electrical

Irish Science Teachers'

engineering principles.

Association

The Institution of Engineers of Ireland One prize for a project in engineering with significant commercial potential. The Insurance Institute of Ireland Two prizes for projects dealing with safety or health. The Institute of Physics in Ireland Two prizes for projects in physics or applied physics. The prize will also include a twoweek work experience opportunity in the physics department of one of the universities. Irish Geological Association Two prizes for the best projects in the earth sciences.

A prize for the project that displays the most innovative use of school science laboratory equipment. The National Heritage Council Six prizes for projects that deal with the protection and preservation of the environment, in the areas of archaeology, architecture, flora, fauna, landscape and inland waterways. This prize also includes work experience opportunities on projects under the auspices of the Council, where relevant to the subject matter of the prizewinners' projects. The National Rehabilitation Board Two prizes for a project which will contribute to the independent living and social, cultural and economic integration in society of people with a disability.

Sociological Association of Ireland Two awards for projects which best use the methods and concepts of sociology. Statistical Committee of Ireland Two prizes for projects that make the best use of statistical ideas and methods. Teagasc Agriculture & Food Development Authority A prize for the best individual project on Agriculture/Food.

For Schools ...................

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland An award for the school scoring the highest number of points on a points for prizes basis. Teachers' Union of Ireland An award to the school from which a project is selected on the basis of integrated science.

Special Features of the Exhibition

Telecom Eireann Radio Communication

`Science at Work' Location: Main Hall

Radio waves belong to the family of electromagnetic waves. Other members of the family are x-rays, Gamma rays and tight. They all obey the same laws as light and can be reflected, refracted and diffracted. These properties allow radio waves to be used for communication without wires. Telecom Eirean will demonstrate this principal through use of Eircell and other telecommunications services via satellite.

This exhibition, within an exhibition, strives to demonstrate and explain the basic principals of science in industry, research, commerce and everyday life. Not only does it aim to encourage young people to consider science as a rewarding and interesting career, but will also give others an understanding of the value of science and its contribution to our lives. We are very pleased that the following important companies in Irish industrial life, represented by industrialists or research and development teams, have taken a key role in this year's Aer Lingus Young Scientists Exhibition.

The Meteorological Service Weather Radar Radar is an echo-sounding device by which the range of a

link.

Coillte Teoranta The reflectance levels of different types of vegetation in the near infrared part of the spectrum.

target is measured by the time taken for a small pulse of transmitted electro-magnetic energy to travel to the target and back again after reflection. In the case of the Meteorological Service, the targets are precipitation.

A series of composite radar images from sites in Ireland, the UK and Europe will be shown. The radar echoes will be colour coded to show the different intensities of precipitation and, as the systems can replay a sequence of images, the movement of any particular area of precipitation can be monitored. The display also features a dial-up facility which allows access to the main radar data processor in H.Q and the downloading of the latest images through a telephone

All vegetation reflects light at different wavelengths, both as visible colours and as invisible radiation. There are only small differences between the levels of visible light that are reflected by different types of vegeta-

tion but there are usually large differences between the levels of infrared and near infrared light reflected. Consequently, we can learn a lot more about different types of vegetation by studying the levels of infrared light that are reflected. From studying the Colour Infrared photographic film, it will be possible to identify different tree species, healthy and unhealthy trees, dead trees, and the effects of fertiliser. The three dimensional effects of overlapping photographs can be viewed through a stereoscope which allows onlookers to move around a three dimensional landscape.

Intel Production of the transistor and the Pentium processor. The microprocessor forms the intelligence of PC's and many other circuitry driven devices. The transistor is the main

building block of microprocessor design. Using a Computer Based Training (CBT) package on a PC, Intel will demonstrate a process through which the valence band characteristics of a semi-conductor crystal ie. silicon, are altered in order to create the transistor block. We will show how BI-Polar and CMOS transistors are formed and connected to create a microprocessor with very large scale integration (VLSI).

Newport Synthesis Ltd The significance of chirality in design and development of new drug compounds. The three-dimensional structure of organic molecules allows for chemical isomers which are mirror images of each other. These are known as optical isomers and they usually have very similar chemical and physical properties, making them difficult to isolate and

distinguish. However, when incorporated into drug compounds, optical isomers can have radically different medical effects. Newport Synthesis will demonstrate the processes they use to identify optical-isomer impurities, also how and why the different optical isomers have different biological effects.

The Blood Transfusion Service Board To evaluate the Immune System and select for minimal Graft versus Host reactivity in transplantation The Blood Transfusion Board will show how they evaluate and compare cell surface markers, cell to cell interactions and DNA profiles to select the most suitable donor for patients awaiting transplantation.

TEAM Aer Lingus The gas turbine engine, used on jet aircraft is based upon Newton's second and third laws. Newton's second law states that "a force equals mass by acceleration". That law, combined with Newton's third law, "every action has an equal and opposite reaction", provides for the basis of the gas turbine operation. A good example of the third law is a toy balloon. High pressure air escapes and the baloon moves in the opposite direction. The gas turbine's basic operation is much the some. The action is called jet exhaust, and the reaction is called thrust. Clearly we all have a limited capacity to do physical work. Humanity, through ingenuity, has developed machines, that greatly extend these limitations. By extracting the heat energy, when fuel is burnt in the jet engine, the large commercial aircraft can, take off, travel

great distances at high speed, power all the complex systems, and land safely on another part of the globe. On display is a modern jet engine called the PW4o64 engine, a cut-away model showing the construction of a typical power plant, and a flap unit showing the methods used to harness this energy, to do useful[ work, on a typical commercial aircraft. Location: Main Hall

Forbairt Plastics in Perspective This display, by the Polymer Development Centre, a division of Forbairt, demonstrates the wide-ranging role that plastics play in our modern lifestyle and how critical they are to a broad spectrum of industrial sectors. In recognition of the perceived waste/environmental problem, the exhibit will identify the key

methods used to recycle/reuse plastics and will use two Irishbased examples to illustrate how 'recyclate' can be reused. The Young Scientists and Commercial Development Last year, Forbairt and Aer Lingus selected a number of projects which had potential for further industrial and commercial development. During the last year, the young scientists and their projects were introduced to industrialists, manufacturers and the process whereby a scientific research project can become a marketable product in the industrial world. The projects were greeted with enthusiasm and we are pleased to report on the success of this initiative and to present an interim report on those projects which are close to commercial reality.

The Armagh Planetarium Starlab On entering the Industries Hall from the Main Hall, you will see a large grey igloo looming over the exhibitor stands. Enter the Starlab through the airlock entrance and you will find yourself in a strange spaceship which transports 30 people at a time through a tour of the heavens and the night sky. The tour lasts approximately 20 mins and provides an excellent introduction to the stars and the constellations. Location: Industries Hall

Microsoft - The Space Simulator Go to the edge of the galaxy and beyond. Be the captain of your very own spaceship. Feel the speed and hear the engine as it hurtles through the galaxies.

Check out Jupiter, Mars or Venus. Set your course and let the Microsoft Space Simulator take you there and have you back in time for teal Location : Industries Hall

Where Are They Now? The exhibition that has launched a thousand young scientists documents the success of the holders of the title Aer Lingus Young Scientist of the Year for the last 31 years. From industrial chemists, geologists, managers of research programmes to undergraduates of astro-physics, the past winners of this exhibition represent a wide range of exciting scientific fields.

The Aer Lingus Young Scientists Shop Located just inside the front door, do not forget to pick up a magnetic address book to hold all those new young scientists names. Not to mention an Aer Lingus Young Scientists t-shirt. After that visit to the Starlab, the only remedy is some freeze-dried space ice-cream. Hurry while stocks last!

1969 Luke Drury

Now: President and CEO of a new biotech company called Avigen Incorporated.

Now: Senior Professor in Astrophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, where his work involves testing theoretical models of cosmic ray acceleration by gamma-ray observations.

1966 Mary Finn Ursuline Convent Sligo Now: Working as a Science Teacher.

Wesley College, Dublin

Portsunlight, Cheshire. John's wife Bernadette Walsh from Galway, a graduate in Biochemistry and Computing also works with Unilever.

1973 Tadhg Begley North Monastery CBS, Cork Now: Associate Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University.

1970 Maria Edgeworth Convent of Mercy, Longford

1994 International Young Scientists In the wake of their internation-

1967 Walter Hayes St. Vincent's CBS, Glasnevin, Dublin

Now: A biochemist, specialising in Equine Medicine.

Now: Believed to be teaching English in North Africa.

1971 Peter Short Presentation Convent, Clone, Co Kildare

1968 George Reynolds St. James's CBS, Dublin

Now:He has his own company in Clane, Co Kildare, which is a leading distributor of health and beauty aids.

al success, Aer Lingus Young Scientists who participated in international competitions this with their prizewinning projects.

See page 8 for further details.

Location: Industries Hall Land your ship on the moon and go for a float around the surface of this far-away planet.

1 965 John Managhan Newbridge College, Co Kildare

Location : Main Hall

year have returned to the RDS

Location: Industries Hall

Past Young Scientists Where are they now?

Location : Main Hall

Now: Has his own Geo-physical consultancy in Madrid. Introduced a new technique, 'Transient Electromagnetics' for mineral prospecting.

1972 John Birmingham Colaiste Mhuire, Dublin Now: A laser specialist in Unilever Laboratories

1974 Richard Elliot Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh Now: Practising Medicine in Britain.

1975 Noel Boyle St. Finian's College, Mullingar, Co Westmeath. Now: Moved to Boston in 1991 to take up a Fellowship in Cardiology at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital, Boston.

1976 Mary Kelly-Quinn Our Lady's Secondary School, Castleblayney.

Department of Environmental Resource Management in UCD.

1983 Turan Mirza , William Murphy and Gareth Clark Carrickfergus Grammar School,

1985 Ronan McNulty St. Mary's College, Rathmines, Dublin

Co. Antrim Now: Working as a researcher

in the Zoology Department of University College Dublin.

1977 Michael 6g 6 Brian Colaiste Mhuire , Dublin Now: Appointed to the Environmental Directorate of the European Community which has responsibility for nature conservation throughout the EC.

1978 Donal P Mc Donnell Crescent College Comprehensive School , Dooradoyle , Limerick .

1980 Karen Ruddock Alexandra College, Dublin Now: Working for the Japanese Department of Education in Miyako. She is also co-ordinating the jet teaching programme for teachers of English in her province.

1981 Catherine Conlon Muckross Park College, Dublin Now: On receiving her Masters Degree in Public Health in University College Dublin, Catherine is working as a medical officer in the Southern Health Board , Mallow.

First Group Project to win the award. Won top award at Philips European Science Contest in Copenhagen. Turan HND University of Ulster. BSc (1st Class Honours) Electronic Science University of Ulster Working for a major telecommunications firm. William BSc (1st Class Honours) Completed a degree in computer science at the same university and is now working in British Telecom. Gareth B.Ed (Technology), Head of Technology Department at Coleraine Academical Institution.

Now: Director and Head of Molecular Biology - Ligand Pharmaceuticals .

1979 Jervis Good Midleton College , Co Cork Now: Research Associate in the

Now: Completed a BSc in University College Dublin. Currently working in Cern conducting a research project for Liverpool University.

1986 Breda Maguire and Niamh Mulvany Rosary College, Raheny, Dublin Now: Currently in 3rd year research, post graduate, Botany Department, Trinity College Dublin

1987 Emma Donnellan and Henry Byrne FCJ Secondary School, Bunclody, Co Wexford.

1982 Martynn Sheehan Convent of Mercy, Moate , Co Westmeath

1984 Eoin Walsh Colaiste Choilm CBS, Swords,

Now: Emma is studying for a

Co Dublin.

Now: Validation Manager - Elan Corporation Athlone.

Now: Post Graduate Research in Trinity College Dublin.

the College of Marketing and Design, Mountjoy Square. She also lectures in the College. Henry graduated from Trinity

Masters degree in Marketing in

College, Dublin with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. Currently employed as an operations engineer by the ESB in Wexford.

1988 Siobhan Langan O'Keefe Navan Community College, Co Meath. Now: Siobhan graduated with a Masters in Environmental Science in September 1994. Her dissertation focused on the summer structural vegetation

from University College Galway with a BSc degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry. She is now studying for a BSc in Pharmacy at the University of Sunderland in the UK .

1990 Annagh Minchin Alexandra College , Dublin Now: Currently studying for a BSc (Honours) in Rural Resource Development in Anglia Polytechnic University.

of the woodcock 'scolopax rusticola' which she researched in the Mayo/Galway area.

1991 Barry O'Doherty and Daniel Dundas St. Patrick's College, Maghera , Co. Derry

1989 Grace O'Connor and Sinead Finn Ursuline Convent, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Now: Barry has graduated this summer with an honours BSc degree in Physics with Astrophysics from Queen's University, Belfast . He is currently studying for his Master's degree at Queen's . Daniel is studying Applied Mathematics with Physics also at Queen's.

1992 Elizabeth Dowling and Jean Byrne St. Paul's Secondary School, Dublin. Now: Jean is stud y in g for a BSc degree in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in Trinity College Dublin while Elizabeth is studying Chemistry, Physics and Biology with German and history at the RTC in Talla g ht .

1993 Rodger Toner and Donal Keane Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Co Down Now: Donal is studying for a Masters Degree in aeronautical engineering at Imperial College

Now: Sinead is in her final year in University College Dublin where she is studying Italian and history. Grace has graduated this year

London . Rodger is takin g a y ear out before takin g his p lace to stud y medicine at University College London .

1994 Jane Feehan St Brendan's Communit y School, Birr, Co Offaly

Now: Stud y in g science w ith a view to specialising in Entomology at St Hilda's College in Oxford University.

Aer Lingus

Wishes to Record its Gratitude to:

Armagh Planetarium Association of Secondary Teachers' Ireland An Bord Glas

Institute of Biology of Ireland Institute of Chemistry/Royal Society of Chemistry

Microsoft

Institution of Electrical Engineers

National Heritage Council

Mount Herbert Hotel , Dublin

National Rehabilitation Board Barnardo's Child Care Agency Blood Transfusion Service Board, The

Institute of Physics, Irish Branch Institution of Engineers of Ireland

Cara The Computer People

Royal Dublin Society Sociological Association of

Bord na Gaeilge Brother International Corporation

Newport Synthesis, Ltd

Insurance Institute of Ireland

Ireland

Intel

Statistical Committee of Ireland

Irish Business and Employers' Confederation

Swiss Youth Foundation Teachers' Union of Ireland

Coillte Teoranta Irish Geological Association Commission of the European Communities Department of Education

Irish Professors of Botany Irish Science Teachers' Association

TEAM Aer Lingus Telecom Eireann

DESIGNyard - the Applied Arts Centre, Temple Bar

TEAGASC - Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Irish Science Teachers Taskforce

Type Tech

lurys Hotel, Dublin

Westinghouse Electric

Forbairt Corporation

German Youth Foundation Meteorological Service, The

Chemistry, physical and mathematical sciences Ceimic, an fhisic agus eolaiocht mhatamaiticiul

Chemistry, physical and mathematical sciences

Individual Projects Junior Section

Stand no. i

Mary Cannon Paper Production - Taking The Rough With The Smooth

Sandymount High School, Ballsbridge , Dublin. Teacher Helena Cathcart

Ian Coleman

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher Sean Fitzmaurice

To Devise A Computer Program To

Individual Projects Intermediate Section

Teach Part Of The Science Syllabus 3

Declan Cusack The Wonder Of Radio

Stand no. 12

Peter Fagan Over The Rim Of A Beer Glass

Dundalk Grammar School , Co. Louth. Teacher Stephanie Molloy Ledwith

13 Anna Kimmins Factors Effecting Kiln Dried Timber

Carnew Community College, Camew , Co. Wicklow. Teacher Matthew Burke

14 Suzanne Lyons 'It's Raining - it's Acid'

Sandymount High School, Ballsbridge , Dublin. Teacher Helena Cathcart

Dominican College , Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Teacher Ann Crummey

Communications

Elaina Maginn Polluting for Pleasure

Presentation Secondary School, Terenure , Dublin. Teacher Damienne Letmon

Kevin Dermody Heat - An Expanding Science

Portmarnock Community School, Portmarnock , Co. Dublin. Teacher Angela Bury

16 Cronan McCarrick Smoke Alarm For The Deaf

Vincent Foley The Electroleash

Scoil Mhuire Gan SmSl, Blarney, Co. Cork. Teacher: Sean Foley

Declan Murphy Pointer Glove

Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Dublin. Teacher Tom Moran

Sinead Murphy Little Or Large Envelopes in a Postal Quiz

Colaiste Bride, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

timhin Ni Mhuircheartaigh Preliminary Investigation of Galway City Landfill Site

Salerno Secondary School, Salthill , Galway. Teacher: Yvonne Daly

Mairtin 6 Briain Gallarus - De Thaisme N6 D'Aon Ghn6?

Colaiste Dhaibhis, Mala, Co . Chorcai. Teacher Mr William Shannon

Eoin 6 Muircheartaigh Scientific Comparison of Irish and Foreign Bottled Water

St Josephs Secondary School , Nuns Island , Galway. Teacher P 1 Dobbyn

Raphael 6 Muirthile Computer Generation of Tree Shapes

Gaelscoil Ui Riada, Baffle an Easpaig , Corcaigh. Teacher Michael Moynihan

Cathat O' Sullivan Pictures of a Field through its Fossil Records

Terenure College , Templeogue Road , Dublin. Teacher : Martina 0' Dwyer

Aisling Seoighe Geolaiocht Inis Oirr - lontas na nlontaisi

Colaiste Ghobnait, Oileain Arann, Co. na Gaillimhe. Teacher : Bridle Ni Chonghaile

Teacher

Ms Brigid McBride

Individual Projects

Senior Section

Summerhill College , Sligo. Teacher Tommy McManus

19 Graham Whelan Water - The Essence Of Life

Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Dublin. Teacher Thomas Hughes

zo Emmet Cahill Domestic Fire Catalyst

Terenure College, Templeogue Road , Dublin. Teacher Thomas Hughes

Ian Clarke Mapping Internal Variations In Translucency Within A (Translucent) Object Using Beams Of Light

Dundalk Grammar School, Co Louth. Teacher Stephanie Molloy Ledwith

Andrea Coleman Analysis Of Shampoo, Washing Up Liquid And Bubble Bath As Hair Care Products

Saint Ailbes School, Tipperary. Teacher Honor Flynn

Niall Douglas A Study Between The Advantages And Disadvantages As Offered By The Two Main Methods Of Coding Programs

Presentation Brothers College , Mardyke, Cork. Teacher Conor Goggin

Pamela Fagan Fuels - Can We Count The Cost By Adding Up?

Dundalk Grammar School, Co Louth. Teacher : Stephanie Molloy Ledwith

John Hanrahan The R.A.S.M. - Remote Animal Stress Monitor

Vocational School , Johnstown, Kilkenny. Teacher : Martin Fahey

Orla Naughton From Diophantine Equations To Tiling

Our Lady's School, Clermont, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow. Teacher Esther De Groot

Gavin Hurley Computer And Mathematical Analysis Of Electronic Fireflies

Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh, Bishopstown, Cork. Teacher : Diarmuid MacCann

;tand no. 24

2g Damien Maguire Portable Emergency Lighting System

Abbey Community College, Wicklow. Teacher Jim Murphy

29 Janet McCormack An Improved Barometer

Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clane , Co Kildare. Teacher : Anthony P McEvoy

Robin Murray A Multi Media Interactive Guide To Greystones

East Glendalough School, Wicklow Town. Teacher Russell Harris

Donal O ' Connell Voyagers' Moons

Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Dublin. Teacher John Conway

Denise O'Sullivan Is your school killing you - a study of radon levels in schools?

North Presentation Secondary School, Farranree, Cork. Teacher : Dominic Barrett

33 Sandra Riordan A loth Century Orrery

Saint Ailbes School, Tipperary. Teacher : Noel Clancy

Gorey Community College , Gorey, Co Wexford. Teacher : Michael Walt

Denis Sheridan How Did The Cow Cross The Track? The Ultimate Train Detector

Group Projects Junior Section

Stand no. 35

Fiona Byrne Lisa Byrne Jennifer Clarke Electricity - Efficiency and Safety

Abbey Community College , Wicklow Teacher : Patrick Maher

Karen Diamond Jennifer Massey Emer Lupton JEK - Our own brand of washing powder

St David's Secondary School, Greystones , Co Wicklow. Teacher : Mary O'Sullivan

Jennifer Doherty Fiona McDonald The Facts of Cancer

St Mary's Secondary School , Creggan, Co Be". Teacher : Dudley Coyle

Paul Geraghty Shaun Lawless Sean McDermott Don't be a Road Hog - Beat the Smog!

St Patrick's Grammar School , Armagh. Teacher : Catherine McVeigh

Karl Keating David Morris The Earth's Motion and Seasons an Investigation.

Colaiste Einde , Bbthar Na Tra, Gaillimh. Teacher : Larry Keating

40 Jim Lally Keith Daly Neville Walker Taking The Guessing Out Of Gusts

Colaiste Choilm CBS , Swords, Co Dublin. Teacher : Theo Farrell

Helen Logue Emma Harkin The Effect of a Range of Commercial Antacids on H.C.L

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road , Belfast. Teacher : J McLaughlin

Eoin Lynch Matthew Jolly Stuart Higginson Energy Efficiency: Recycling In The Construction Industry

Presentation College, Askea , Carlow. Teacher : Claire McHugh

Stand no. 43

uonnann mac--)eom Colm MacCerthaigh Carbhad Helios

44 Edwina Murphy Michelle Walsh Heat In Our Homes

Holy Faith Convent , Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

45 Nora Murray - Cavanagh Rachel Coulter Tone Deafness . What?!

Oakgrove Integrated College , Clooney Road, Derry. Teacher: Nuala Mac Lochlainn

CIar Nf Bhrosnachain Seon Ni Loinsigh Tuxford Agus Daltaf Cholaiste Dhaibhis

47 Jo-Ann Nolan Tara Mitchell Flying High 48

Grainne O'Hagan Valerie Meyer A Study Of Brownian Movement

Stand no. 53

Colaiste Chilliain , Cluain Dolcain , Baile Atha Teacher : Treasa Nf Ghriofa

Group Projects Intermediate Section

Raisin Tully Lydia MacKeogh Frieda Gormley Swimming Pools - Health Benefit Or Health Hazard?

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher : Dorothy Stephenson

Sharon Vella-Hancock Ruth O'Brien Water Purification

St David 's Secondary School, Greystones , Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Mary O'Sullivan

Paul Anglim James Keating James Hennessy Chaos And The Common Cold

Christian Brothers High School , Clonmel, Co . Tipperary. Teacher : john Geoghegan

Camilla Burke Caroline Kavanagh Anne Marie Murphy Photography - Drawing With Light

Mount Saint Michael School , Claremorris, Co. Mayo. Teacher Frances Lyons

Ross Coleman Michael Doyle Always Coca-Cola - True Or False?

Colaiste Lorain, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Teacher : Sylvester McEvoy

Colaiste Dhaibhis, Mala, Co. Chorcaf. Teacher Mr William Shannon

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher Caroline Ryan

Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clone , Co. Kildare. Teacher : Anthony P McEvoy

49 Tammy Quirke Lesley-Ann Devereux Michelle Cahill Greystones - Coastal Watch

St David's Secondary School, Greystones , Co. Wicklow. Teacher Mary O'Sullivan

5o Leonie Reynolds Pamela Lennon The Battle Of The Bubbles

Holy Faith Convent, Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher : Mary Pilkington

Shane Rockett Barry Minogue Sherlock Holmes of Chromatography

St David's Secondary School, Greystones , Co. Wicklow. Teacher Mary O'Sullivan

Lisa Thompson Lisa Orr A Monitor - for Life

Belfast Model School for Girls , Belfast. Teacher Suzette Butler

58 Lynda Colfer Emma Egan Vinegar - What Gives The Bite?

Holy Faith Convent Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

Carola Deym Ruth Rossiter New Tesselation Shapes Established From Half Shaded Squares

Our Lady's School Clermont, Rathnew, Co . Wicklow. Teacher Esther De Groot

Gemma Dougal Angela Hayes Are Solar Houses Feasible in Ireland?

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road , Belfast Teacher : J McLaughlin

Wayne Farrell Damien Kearns Jonathan Nolan P.E. Or Not RE? That Is The Question

Abbey Community College, Wicklow. Teacher Thomas Tyrrell

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Stand no. 62

Carmel Finlay Eimear Glancy Mary-Alice Gannon Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head!

Colaiste Lorcain , Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Teacher : Sylvester McEvoy

Cian Fitzsimons Adam Coburn Thomas Kelly-Cunningham Could The Wasted Hot Water Used In Poolbeg Power Station Be Put To Better Use?

arian College, Batlsbridge, Dublin. Teacher : Hilary Dorgan

Liam Fletcher Gavin Hodges Rechargable Light for Bicycles

Colaiste Choilm CBS, Swords , Co. Dublin. Teacher Theo Farrell

Karol Henry Orla O'Kane Marlene Doherty Under Stress

St Patricks College , Maghera, Co. Derry. Teacher Stephen McKeown

Jean Hughes Marie Muldoon Hydraulics

t Joseph's Convent Of Mercy, Navan , Co. Meath. Teacher Catherine Kennedy

Beth Lawlor Lisa Smyth Estelle Smith A Study Of Operations On "Triangular Matrices"

Our Lady's School, Clermont, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow. Teacher Esther De Groot

Cara McAdam Emma Kirk Emma - Louise Matthews Iron - A Cereal Filler?

St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk, Co . Louth. Teacher Siobhan Greer

Paul McCarthy Tom McGrath Astronomical Apocalypse

obal Scoil Chiarain , Kells, Co. Meath. Teacher K Murphy

Ciara McGoldrick Paula Pettigrew lennifer Lea

Dominican College , Fortwilliam Park, Belfast. Teacher Seamus Quinn

Stand no. 71

Gareth Molan Donal Yorke Karl Moron ey The Colonisation Of Planets

Terenure College , Templeogue Road , Dublin. Teacher John Conway

Orla Morrissey Karla Byrne Thermal Transmittance

Abbey Community College, Wicklow. Teacher : Sean Brady

Bernadette Murphy Deirdre Brennan Inefficiences In The Home

oreto Convent Secondary School, Wexford. Teacher Louise Murphy

Clara Murphy Deirdre Quinn Lisa 0' Connor Investigating the Efficiency of Different ways of Extracting and Recycling Heat from a Compost Heap

St Mary's High School , Newry, Co. Down. Teacher : Brendan Morgan

Kevin Nolan Ian Murphy Transcient Lunar Phenomena

erenure College, Templeogue Road , Dublin. Teacher John Conway

Michael O'Neill Martin Nolan Catalytic Or Catastrophic?

ood Counsel College, New Ross , Co. Wexford. Teacher Michael O'Neill

David A O'Reilly Anthony Forrest Clean Energy Resources

coil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co. Cork. Teacher : Sean Foley

Paula Smith Sarah Hughes Amounts of Vitamin C in Different Types of Cooked Vegetables

St Dominic's High School, Falls Road, Belfast. Teacher : J McLaughlin

Kathy Snowe Daniel Baskin Joanne Tyrrell Sun Showers - Saving The Rain For Solar Heated Showers

Colaiste Dh6laigh, Coolock , Dublin. Teacher : Mary Ward

Ruth Whelan Alexandra Valentine The Effect of High Noise Levels on Hearing

St Dominic's High School , Sutton, Dublin. Teacher Claire O'Keeffe

Claire Willis Nuala McCloskey Do Fabric Softeners effect the Absorbing Power of Fabrics?

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road, Belfast. Teacher I McLaughlin

Ross Bannon Andrew Craig The Dripping Seismometer

Paul Bradley Gordon Cooke Gary Bass A.C.E.R.T. . Automated Computerised Examiner And Revision Tester

Stand no. 8o

Joyce Brereton Susan Vaughan An Investigation Of The Strange

joleen Donoghue Lucianne White Susan Kavanagh G ames I n Th e L earn i ng o f

Our Lady's School, Clermont , Rathnew, Co. W Teacher Esther De Groot

Mathematics 89

Padraig Doyle Andrew Shiel The Strange Attractor Of The Human Heartbeat

FC) Secondary School , Bunclody, Co. Wexford Teacher Michael Dalton

Dundalk Grammar School, Co . Louth. Teacher Tom Mac Laughlin

Joanne Dunphy Eimear Brennan The Truth About What We Drink

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Wexford. Teacher: Mary Riordan

Templeogue College, Dublin. Teacher : Eddie Gilmartin

Ivan Finch Hugh Shine Engineering Applications Of Actomyosin

Lucan Community College, Lucan , Co. Dublin. Teacher: Martin Gleeson

Peter Furlong Robert O'Flynn Daragh Turley Economising Energy In The Home

St Michael 's College, Ailesbury Road , Dublin. Teacher: Anne Lynch

Catherine Galvin Marie Doran The Profits Of Pain

Holy Faith Convent, Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

Esther Hayden Michelle Gahan Colour In Colour Out

Holy Faith Convent Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher : Mary Pilkington

Mandy Kennedy Katie Coll Whiter than Whiter, Greener than Greener

St Dominic's High School, Sutton , Dublin. Teacher Claire O'Keeffe

Eric King Fiona Finnegan

Colaiste lognaid, Sea Road, Galway. Teacher Geraldine Simmie

Our Lady's School, Clermont, Rathnew, Co . Wicklow. Teacher Esther Be Groot

Billiard Table

Stand no. 88

Robert Byrne Andrew Knightley Fractal Music

Stratford College , Rathgar, Dublin. Teacher Charlotte Holland

Dermot Canniffe Kenneth Hayes Through The Dark Star

Nagle Community College, Blackrock, Co Teacher Mary Clayton

Ronan Concannon Philip Farrely Edward Garavan

Colaiste Linde , Bbthar Na Tra, Gaillimh. Teacher Seamus 6 Donghaile

Philip Lacey Tony Salveta El e ctronic G u ide Do g

Sutton Park School, Sutton, Dublin. Teacher Anna Walshe

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Jacinta McPartlin Maria Jordan Ex p eriments In Probabilit y

Colaiste Chiarain . Leixlip, Co. Kildare. Teacher : Moire Ni Bhroithe

Frances Masterson Donna McCaughey Orla Lynn Investigating the Action of Spring Water on Plumbing Systems

Loreto Convent Grammar School, Omagh , Co. Tyrone. Teacher Gerard Bradley

io6

James Mehigan Gareth Gavagan John Flynn The Metrication Of Time

Blackrock College, Co. Dublin. Teacher : Mick Giblin

107 99

Maeve McAleer Rachel Mathers Bronwyn Cummings Does your House make you Sick?

Loreto Convent Grammar School, Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Teacher Gerard Bradley

Emma Murphy Gillian Rowe Gillian Rossiter An Investigation Of Pythagorean Triples

Our Lady's School, Clermont, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Esther De Groot

100

Bronagh Marie McCourt Leah Ann Kelly Biopurification And Seasonality

Dominican College , Fortwilliam Park, Belfast Teacher: Seamus Quinn

so8

Paul Murray Alan Henson The Shannon: A Thermal Power Source

St Joseph's College , Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Teacher : Michael Fitzgerald

101

Geraldine McCrory Orla McGlynn Investigation of Levels of Unsaturatd Fat in Pasteurised and Unpasteurised Cow's Milk

Loreto Convent Grammar School, Omagh , Co. Tyrone. Teacher : Eugene Murray

io9

Emma Murray Eadaoin O'Grady A Pain In The Ear

Dominican College, Fortwilliam Park, Belfast. Teacher : Seamus Quinn

Annette Ni Thuathail

Oda McCullagh Orlaith Brennan Lisa McGurgan Investigating Levels of Radiation in Seaweed along Irish Coastlines

Loreto Convent Grammar School, Omagh , Co. Tyrone. Teacher : Peter Cassidy

Colaiste Choilm , Ballincollig, Co. Cork. Teacher : David Tobin

Joy McKenny Deirdre Commins Sinead McAleer A Geochemical Study Of A Marl Deposit In Dromiskin, Co Louth

St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Teacher Siobadn Greer

Mary McKeown Nathan Staudt David McClorey Wind . Our Future?

St Oliver 's Community College , Drogheda , Co. Louth. Teacher : John Halpin

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104

Martha De Barra An Lotto - Conas Cur Le Do Sheans?

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Gerard O'Connor Simon Lewis Personal Organiser For Windows

Stratford College , Rathgar, Dublin. Teacher : Charlotte Holland

112

Gary O'Dowd Donncha Molloy Aerodynamics

Colaiste lognaid , Sea Road, Galway. Teacher : Adrian Ryder

113

Aileen O ' Looney Noelle Gallery Lisa Smyth A Comparative Study Of Water Quality In An Irish & Danish Lake, Using Modern Data Collection & Communication Techniques

Ennis Vocational School, Ennis, Co . Clare. Teacher : Matt Power

Stand no. 114

115

Michael Ross Richard Castle Ben Carter Computer Aided Image Scanning And Manufacturing

Coleraine Academical Institution , Coleraine, Co. Derry. Teacher : Gareth Clarke

Douglas Turiff John 0 Donnell Kieran Greensmyth History - Design of Bridges

Tralee Community College, Co. Kerry. Teacher : Maurice Sexton

sciences Eolaiocht shoisialta agus iomprachais

Social and behavioural sciences

Individual Projects junior Section

Nichola Murphy Are You Going The Milky Way?

Dundalk Grammar School, Co. Louth. Teacher : Tom Mac Laughlin

129

Rachel Ni Chiarba Athch6rsail Ghlaoine i gCorcaigh

Gaelcholaiste Dheisceart, Plas Emmet, Corcaigh. Teacher Colm b Dubhain

Abbey Community College, Wicklow. Teacher Jim Murphy

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Danielle Ni Chr6inin Staidear ar an Tlonad Scagadh Searachais ata Mollta

Colaiste An Phiarsaigh , Gleann Maghair, Co. Corcai. Teacher Moire Ni Shlatara

Ross Cooney Zoonoses

St Enda's Community School, Limerick. Teacher Brendan Worsfold

131

P616 Domhaill Ciotail - Cad iad na Buntaisti agus na Mibhuntaisti a Bhaineann leis.

Colaiste Raithin , Bre, Co . Cill Mhantain.

Maeve Ann Cox

St Kilian's Deutsche Schule , Clonskeagh , Dublin. Teacher Cynthia McClenaghan

132

DeasUn 6 Floinn Eolaithe Caili6la

Colaiste An Phiarsaigh , Gleann Maghair, Co. Corcai. Teacher Moire Ni Shlatara

133

Site Marie O'Neill

St David 's Secondary School . Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

Back Breaking News - The Hidden Dangers of going to School.

Teacher I McElroy

Neil Anderson Relationships between the Social Class Background and Educational Attit u d e s of Sixth Year Students in Dublin Schools

St Tiernan's Community School, Dundrum, Dublin. Teacher John Dillane

117

Barry Byrne Does The Bates Method Improve Eyesight

118

Stand no. 116

119

To Investigate the Effect, if any, that Death of a Pet has on Other Animals in the Same Household.

Starrd no. 128

Rave to your Grave

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher: Marie Gallagher

121

Joanna Hogan Violence On Dublin Buses

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher Marie Gallagher

134

Gillian Ryan Boys Ands Girls - Who Talks?

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher: Rosaleen Martin

122

Lisa Hyland The Chemistry Of Food

St Mary's Holy Faith School, Killester, Dublin. Teacher Elaine Durkin

135

Alan Smith The Ecstasy and the Agony

Coleraine Boys Secondary School, Carthall Road , Coleraine. Teacher W I Campbell

123

Aoife Kelly Recreational Facilities For Teenagers In Blanchardstown

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher Marie Gallagher

136

Sarah Jane Willis Couch Potato - Myth or Reality

Fingal Community College, Swords, Co . Dublin. Teacher Adrian Parkinson

124

Caroline Lynch Teenage Smoking - Problem Probe

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher Caroline Ryan

137

Kevin Callaghan Attitudes to Transition Year Option

Christian Brothers Secondary School, Youghal , Co. Cork. Teacher : Pat Nolan

125

Daithi Mac Sitigh An Bhfuil Sp6irt Sabhailte?

Colaiste Raithin , Bre, Co. Cill Mhantain. Teacher : Emmet 6 Gabhain

138

Breda Comerford A Journey Into The Unknown

Sacred Heart of Mary Convent, Ferrybank, Waterford. Teacher : Maurice Brosnan

126

Robin Maginn Let the Beat Control your Life

Templeogue College, Dublin. Teacher : Philippa Moran

139

Orla Conroy Turning Over A New Leaf

Pobalscoil An Teaghlaigh Naofa, Rathcoole, Co . Dublin. Teacher Brenda Kelly

127

Caroline McGrath Taking Healthy Lifestyles To Heart

Sandymount High School , Ballsbridge , Dublin. Teacher : Helena Cathcart

120 Louis Crowe

Individual Projects Intermediate Section

37 36

Stand no. 151

St Gerard 's School, Bray, Co . Wicklor Teacher : C. Stapleton

John Brennan

Terenure College , Templeogue Road, Dublin. Teacher : Martina 0' Dwyer

Holy Faith Convent, Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher : Mary Pilkington

Margaret Doran Reading By The Colours (Irlen Method)

Camew Community College , Carnew, Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Matthew Burke

142

Averil Grogan Evaluation Of Sports Injuries In Teenagers (13-14 Years)

Colaiste lognaid , Sea Road , Galway. Teacher : Geraldine Simmie

153

Sinead Daffy The Junior Certificate - An Educational Advance?

Ennis Vocational School , Ennis, Co. Clare. Teacher : Peadar McNamara

143

Aoife Hand Cleft Lip And Palate - Bridging The Gap And Improving The Profile

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher : Anne Marie Mee

154

Ennis Vocational School, Ennis , Co. Clare. Teacher : Peadar McNamara

144

Dale Hayes Dog Control Laws - A Local Public Awareness Campaign and Its Evaluation

Nagle Community College, Blackrock, Cork. Teacher : Eileen McMahon

Alison Gormley Teenagers - Out Of School: A Comparative Survey Of Irish & German Teenagers

155

Ballinteer Community School, Ballinteer , Dublin i Teacher : Tom Horan

Siobhan Murphy Exposure Of Students To Drugs (In Second-Level)

Stratford College , Rathgar, Dublin. Teacher : Charlotte Holland

Lyn Patricia Hagin Meade Population And Culture Changes, Dundrum, 1922-1994

156

Rebecca Henley Willis Sunblock: The Who And The Why

Scoil Mhuire, Co. Cork. Teacher : Orla Casey

146

Evelyn Murphy A Study Of The Effects of Multipoint Microwave Distribution Systems

St Finians Community College , Swords, Co. Dublin. Teacher : Siobhan Cottell

157

Rosaleen Henry Nature's Call: A Tent For All Toilets

St Mary's Secondary School , Macroom, Co. Cork. Teacher : Goretti Healy

147

Norah Niland A Study Of Asthma Cases, Their Distribution And The Effect On The Individual

Our Lady's School, Terenure , Dublin. Teacher : Tony Burke

158

Marie O'Brien The Current Status Of Computer Education II

St Brigid 's College, Callan , Co. Kilkenny. Teacher : Clare Bradfield

159

Rami Okasha Recycling: A Critical Assessment

Brendan O'Daly Travel: Ease Or Anxiety

St Michael's College , Ailesbury Road , Dublin. Teacher : Anne Lynch

148

Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh, Bishopstown, Cork. Teacher : Oliver Collins

Geraldine Scarry What Young People Think

Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew , Co. Galway. Teacher : Maureen Walsh

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149

Abbey Community College, Wicklow. Teacher : Ann Sweeney

150

Daire Shaw

Crescent College Comprehensive , Dooradoyle , Limerick.

Eimile Barnaville jean Noctor Lisa Byrne Food For Energy Niamh Boland Vanessa Foy The Effect Of Hair Colour On Some Attributed Characteristics Of Women

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Dublin. Teacher : Sean Fitzmaurice

141

145

Individual Projects Senior Section

152

An Investigation Into Subliminal Suggestion

Group Projects junior Section

161

Mary-Margaret Toomey Intelligence: A Study

Lee Ann Delaney The Breast Things In Life Are Free

Sand no. 14o

and no. 162

163

Brian Byrne Keith Jenkinson Levels Of Prejudice And Tolerance Among Teenagers (A Local Study)

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher Sean Fitzmaurice

Amii Cahill Emily Woodcock loan Comerford Legal Drugs - Friend Or Foe

St Brigid 's College , Callan , Co. Kilkenny.

Patricia Casey Caroline St George Many Young Men Of Twenty Say Goodbye - However Some Live Next

Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Lisdoonvama , Co. Clare.

169

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St Conleth's College , Ballsbridge , Dublin. Teacher: Michael Manning

larla De Paor Maire Ni Riagain Gaeilge Bhunusach - Focloir Poca

Gael Colaiste An Chlar , Ennis , Co. Clare.

Lisa Fanning Louise Flynn Fitness Fanatics or Couch Potatoes

St David's Secondary School , Greystones , Co. Wicklow.

Aisling Feeney Lauren Hanlon A-Z Of Allergies

Ballincollig Community School , Co. Cork. Teacher Kathleen Kelly

Emma Fitzgerald Pamela Kelly Territorial Behaviour Of The Syrian

Our Ladies Grove, Goatstown , Dublin. Teacher Jackie Donovan

Stephan Power The Study Of Recycling Operations In Relallon To Post Consumer Waste

St Paul's High School , Bessbrook, Co. Down. Teacher : Daniel McSherry

Kenneth Henley Willis Karol Power Adrian Punch Disabled Sports - Who Knows?

hristian Brother's College, Wellington Road, Cork. Teacher : William Guiney

Michelle Henshaw Lesley Aherne Religious Attitudes And Practice Among Teenagers And Urban/Rural Comparison

artstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher Sean Fitzmaurice

175

Sally Kelleghan Isabelle Gallagher Spirits

St Kilian's Deutsche Schule, Clonskeagh , Dublin. Teacher : Cynthia McClenaghan

176

Jodie Kelly Danielle Frawley Karen Hannon Smoking - a Dying Habit For Young People?

Presentation Secondary School, Limerick. Teacher Yvonne Sheahan

Triona Kilbride Louise Kennedy Why do You Live Where You Live?

resentation Secondary School, Terenure, Dublin. Teacher Damienne Letmon

William Lacey Damien Furlong To Belt or Not to Belt

amsgrange Community School, New Ross, Co. WE Teacher: Kevin Cadogan

Deirdre Loughman Barbara Craig Reaching Into The Future - The Light Rail System

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher Caroline Ryan

Teacher John Sims

David Cavanagh Cian Coughlan Calicards - Call or Collect?

Mark Forrest

Loretta Haughey Christina McDonald Karen Gribben Recycling Awareness In Newry And Mourne

Brigid Knox

Teacher

Matt Power

Mary O'Sullivan

Hamster

St Michael's College , Ailesbury Road , Dublin. Teacher Anne Lynch

172

Door

165

Joseph Harlowe Ronan O 'Sullivan Asthma - The Age Factor

Stand no. 171

t Michael's College, Ailesbury Road , Dublin. Teacher : Anne Lynch

179

Donal McBrinn Stephen Hayes C ar C razy

St Michael's College , Ailesbury Road, Dubli Teacher Anne Lynch

Sean McKiernan Mark Dunne Emma Fitzsimons Bullying - a Cause for Concern

Bailieboro Community School, Bailieboro, Co . Cavan. Teacher : Regina Morahan

Lorraine Meehan Sandra Lenihan Deborah Liddy Homework - Time Well Spent?

Presentation Secondary School, Limerick. Teacher : Yvonne Sheahan

Anita Murphy Leanne Byrne The Wise Spender

Holy Faith Convent, Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

Aoife Ni Chofaigh Lydia Leigh Are Our Lives Really so Different?

Presentation Secondary School, Terenure , Dublin. Teacher Damienne Letmon

Aoife Ni Luasa Vici Ni Cheallacain Labhras De Faoite Cystic Fibrosis - An dTuigeann Tu e?

Gaelcholaiste Dheisceart, Plas Emmet, Corcaigh. Teacher : Colm O'Dubhain

Michael Og 6Muirthile Ciaran 0 Maolain Sabhaltacht Tine sa Teach

olaiste An Phiarsaigh , Gleann Maghair, Co. Corcai. Teacher : Maire Ni Shlatara

Emily O'Brien Abigail Walsh Vegetarians In Ireland

rsuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork. Teacher : Nora O'Leary

Timothy O'Neill Jonathan O'Connell David Curtin Vive La Difference

Nagle Community College , Blackrock, Cork. Teacher : Eileen McMahon

Ian 6 Suitteabhain Sean Breathnach Riomhairi San Saol Seo

Colaiste An Phiarsaigh , Gteann Maghair, Co . Corcai. Teacher : Maire Ni Shlatara

Stand no. 18o

181

182

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188

189

a no. Igo Joanne scatty Claire Kinane Nicola Revitte Return Of The Data Snatcher

Group Projects Intermediate Section

191

Eric Behan David O'Connell Changing Attitudes To Social Class - From Child To Teen

Newbridge College , Newbridge, Teacher : Cecilia O'Sullivan

Sandra Byrne Helena McMahon Leeanne Moore Analysis Of The Reality - Planning For The Dream

ur Lady's Secondary Schoo Teacher Mary Geraghty

Loraine Byrne Elaine Byrne How Healthy is Your Diet?

ullow Community School, Tul Teacher Mr Joseph Lodge

Enrika Cahill Catherine Comerford Sheila Bolger As Strong As A Horse

t Brigid 's College, Callan, Ci Teacher Brieid Knox

Joseph Campbell Miriam Ryan Sarah Buckley The Effects Of Large-Scale Quarrying On A Local Environment

196

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Sandra Cassidy Susan Hogan Orlaith Johnston Young People And Fitness Jennifer Coppins Eva Kelly We Are What We Eat

rauora couege, uamg Teacher : Deirdre Doogu

Richeal Dillon

Stratford College , Rathgar, Dublin. Teacher Deirdre Doogue

Denise Holmes Emma Burgess Are Dolphins As Intelligent As Humans?

Stand no. 199

St Michael's College , Ailesbury Road , Dublin. Teacher Anne Lynch

201

Ciara Duffy Danielle McKenna The Devil's Poisons

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road, Belfast.

202

Louise Duggan Catherine Doyle Susan Jackson Communication For The Blind

St Thomas' Community College, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Senan Reidy

203

Emma Duggan Kim Rowsome Women Smokers on the increase?

Presentation Secondary School , Blackrock Co. Dublin. Teacher Nuala Cranly

Teacher i McLaughlin

204 Martina Dunne Brid Cahill Food For Thought

Community School Ramsgrange , New Ross, Co . Wexford. Teacher Ann Cadogan

205 Anne Fay Fidelma Cunniffe What happens when you sleep?

St Dominic's High School , Sutton, Dublin. Teacher : Paul Nugent

Hazel Flynn Niamh Timmons Enforcement of Age Limits in OffLicences and Tobacconists

Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher Deirdre Harney

Shane Glackin James Caffrey Luck - Does It Really Exist?

St Michael 's College, Ailesbury Road , Dublin. Teacher : Anne Lynch

Louisa Glennon Orla Finneran Poitin - A Legal Irish Brew

Mary Cro

tratford College , Rath; Teacher Charlotte Hol

210

Colin Gunning David Hurley Asthma Awareness Among 15.17 Year Old Students

Catholic University Sch

211

Patricia Harte Lisa Collins Bite Right

212

Deborah Hennessy Valerie Whitty If Animals Could Talk....'

213 Aine Hickey Delores Griffin Sarah Keane A Tale of Two Cities

And Scoil Mhuire, Corbally, Limerick. Teacher Tomas 0 Duibhir

214 Tina Horgan Carol O'Callaghan Alternative Allergies

Ballincollig Community School, Co. Cork. Teacher Cecelia O'Riordan

215 Joanne Hynes Antoinette Martin Laura Hawkins Cherry Orchard - the Unplanned Area

Caritas College , Ballyfermot , Dublin.

216 Anne Marie Joyce Gayle Browne Sport - a School Based Analysis 217

Teacher

Brian Green Joseph McCaffrey Attention Span In Class

Conor Doyle Graham Hogan Ronan Dunlea Food Allergies . Are They Common?

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Cantas College , rsauyrermor, uuoun. Teacher Catherine Murray

200

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Sandra Dodson Paula Boylan Esther Meredith To Investigate the Level of Sibling Rivalry in a Boys and a Girls School in our Area

Michelle Kehoe Clodagh Fitzgerald Feasibility Study Of Future for Fruit And Vegetable Production, both Nationally And Locally

Teacher

Mary Pilkingti

Holy Faith Convent, Rosbercon, Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

I Stand no. 218

Allyson Lambert Susan McGuinness Aishling Farrell Intimidation Of The Sexes In School Subjects - Fact Or Fiction

410. 226

Teacher : Patricia Mac Manus

Na Torthaf Agus Conas Conai Leis

219

Aidan McAteer Stephen Martin Barry Haycock Do Video Games Make Teenagers Violent?

Terenure College , Templeogue Road , Dublin. Teacher : be McDonnell

220

Michelle McCarthy Caroline Crowley Into the West - a Study of Migration

Kildysart Vocational School, Co . Clare. Teacher: Leo O'Donoghue

227

Niamh Ni Bhriain Niamh Ni Leanachain Eadaoin Bineid Athchursail I gCorcaigh Agus Na Fadhbanna A Bhaineann Leis

228

Katie Ni Cheariril Clover Ni Chriain Leona Ni Chleirigh Asma - Plaigh An 2ou Aois

From Urban to Rural areas

230

Eilish O ' Connor Siobhan Sims Attitudes To Tourism In North Clarc

231

Eoin 6 HogSin Ailein 6 CSis MacDara 6 Drisceoil Sceim Rothaiochta i gCill Chainnigh

232

Ruth O ' Malley Susan O'Malley Alternative Medicine - A Realistic Option?

St Brogans College , Bandon, Co. Cork. Teacher : Liz Moynihan

233

Diarmuid 6 Seadha Criostoir Robertson Marc 6 Tuathalain Nosanna Ite na Deagolri

Colaiste Raithin, Bre, Co . Cill Mhantain. Teacher : N Ni Chonghaile

Mount Mercy College , Model Farm Road, Cork. Teacher : Ms Margaret Teegan

234

Lorraine O ' Toole Deirdre Higgins Jennifer Quirke Dustmites: The Plight Of Asthmatics

Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon , Co. Longford. Teacher : Gerry Griffin

Shauna McKillen Kelly McKillen Louise Quinn Body Clock, Body Changes - Which Season Suits You?

Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny. Teacher : loan Cashin

Ciara McNeice Sarah Humphreys Michelle Farrell Single-Sex or Co-Ed - a Students Opinion

St Dominic's High School , Sutton , Dublin. Teacher : Bernadette O'Dwyer

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Eamonn Minihane Simon Bursell Absenteeism In The School And Work Place

225

Helen Suzanne Moloney Eileen Neville The Response of Animals to Lack of Natural Light

223

Julie Nugent Anne Marie Doyle Rachel Flood Choices are Child's Play

Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon , Co. Longford. Teacher : Gerry Griffin

222

leacher: N Ni l

229

Serena McGivney Niamh McCawley Chiara McCormack Cosmetics: The Foundation Of Problem Skin?

221

Mide Ni Bhriain Clar Broc Ruth Ni Mhurchu Alzheimers: Conas A Tharlafonn Se,

Marino College, Fi

Stand no. 235

Grtinne Phillips Joanne McGovern A New Understandin g of E p ile p s y

St Dominic's High School, Falls Road, Belfast. Teacher I McLaughlin

236

Peter Purcell Kevin Jordan A Trip To Tipp - a Local Historical Study

Vocational School , Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Teacher Don McGinty

Lynne Rourke Oma Ryan Helen Mulloy Public Awareness of Fire Safety

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook , Dublin. Teacher : Deirdre Harney

Brigid Ryan Laura Keane Is Limerick's Image Real?

St Nessan's Community College , Moylish, Limerick. Teacher Michael O'Dwyer

239

Aidan Sweeney Cillian McCormack-Doyle Are We What We Read?

St Michael's College , Ailesbury Road, Dublin. Teacher : Anne Lynch

240

Susan Thompson Margaret Barry Teenage Attitudes And Behaviour

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co. Cork. Teacher: Sean Foley

241

Claire Thornhill O1wen Golden The Battle Of The Bags

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook , Dublin. Teacher Anne Marie Mee

242

Ashley Todd Richard Kelly Jamie Nagle Film Age Certificates - Are They Being Ignored? And By Whom?

Nagle Community College, Blackrock, Cork. Teacher Eileen McMahon

243

Miriam Valentine Sarah Phelan Louise Bryce The Many Faces Of Employment/Unemployment In Cherry Orchard

Caritas College , Ballyfermot, Dublin. Teacher : Catherine Murray

237

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Stand ho. 244

Group Projects Senior Section

Louise Williams Mary-Sue Connaghan The Family Farm - Where Does It Go From Here?

Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Lisdoonvama, Cr Teacher John Sims

245

Karen Boyle Fiona Mulryan Ursula Sweeney Deus Ex Machina - (The Ghost And The Machine)

Dominican College , Fortwilliam Park, Belfa Teacher Seamus Quinn

246

Maeve Cassin Stephanie Hoyne Study of the Aggressiveness in Bulls

St Brigid's College , Callan, Co. Kilkenny. Teacher: Brigid Knox

247

Karen Cross Helena McMullan Deirdre Treacy Psychology Of Perception

Scoil Mhuire Community School, Clane, Co. Kildare leacher John Reidv

248

Aoife Curran Myra Daly The Study Of Alzheimers Disease

Intermediate School, Killorglin , Co. Kerry Teacher Fiona Conway

249

Helen Daly Aideen Bleheen Maria Doyle Insomnia: Sleeping With The Enemy

Manor House School, Raheny, Dublin. Teacher Ailish Dolan

250

Vivienne Davin Martina McMonagle Students Help Provide Missing Links In Chain Of Survival

Abbey Vocational School, Donegal. Teacher : Caroline Kelly

251

Charlotte Fahy

Convent of Mercy, Claremorris , Co. Mayo. Teacher : Frances Lyons

Ashleen Cawley Stephanie Casey Asthma - A Modern Threat 252

Pauleen Firth Sinead Kearns Ciara Murphy A Social Study of Young People's Views

resentation Secondary School, Terenure , Dublin. Teacher Margaret McDermott

253

Olga Flynn Petra Dolan Clara O'Neill Teenage Beliefs North And South

St Joseph' s College, Athlone, Co . Roscommon. Teacher : Sr Gabrielle McManus

255

Emily-Jane Gallagher Siobhan Ring Leona Penrose Back To The Future.... Alternative Medicine

St Mary' s Holy Faith School, Killester, Dublin. Teacher : Regina Hart

256

Jesse Griffin Jeremy Wrenn Francis McCaffrey Farming in Ireland - Does it Pay?

Intermediate School, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Teacher : David Stanton

257

Laura Higgins Marian Gallagher Athlone: Highway Or Buyway?

St Joseph's College , Athlone, Co . Roscommon. Teacher : Mary Carty

258

Cormac Hughes Felim Whiteley Renato Fusciardi Ireland In 25Yrs Time Through The Eyes Of 15/17 Year Olds

Catholic University School, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin. Teacher : Mary Kelly

Timothy Kelly John Lestrange Ostrich V's Cow - Is The Ostrich Economically Viable in Ireland?

Franciscan College, Gormanston , Co. Meath. Teacher : Fr Declan Timmons

John Kennedy Claire Healy Michelle Doran Under Age Drinking

Vocational School, Cobh , Co. Cork. Teacher :John Bresnihan

Daryl Kingston Edward Barron Brian Seery Personal Hygiene - The Age Factor

St Mary's Academy, Carlow. Teacher : Gerry Watchorn

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261

Paula McCormack Tara McHugh Connie Gorman Aids: The Killer Disease Of The'go's

Mount Saint Michael School , Claremorris, Co. Mayo. Teacher : Frances Lyons

263

Jennifer Meehan Valerie Clarke Jennifer Place B.I.T.E. - A Bigger Slice Of The Educational Cake

Ballymun Senior Comprehensive , Ballymun, Dublin. Teacher : Geraldine English

264

Aran Morrissey Alison Nulty Support Systems: The Bra

St Brigid's College , Callan, Co . Kilkenny. Teacher : Brigid Knox

265

Ruth Ni Bhr6in Ellis Nic Charthaigh Susan Ni Bhriain Staid"ear Ar Chiotog

Colaiste An Phiarsaigh , Gleann Maghair, Co . Corcai. Teacher : Moire Ni Shlatara

266

Sine Ni Sheoigh

Colaiste An Phiarsaigh , Gleann Maghair, Co . Corcai. Teacher : Moire Ni Shlatara

no. 262 Teacher : Tony O'Reilly

254

259

Angela nageraw Emma O'Neill Orla Mooney Bullying: Your Right To Be Safe

Moire Ni Shiochain Lobhadh Na bhFiacla I nDaoine bga

267

Anne O' Connell Laura O'Donnell One Man - One Bus?

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook, Dublin. Teacher : Anne Marie Mee

268

April O'Gorman Pamela Kennedy Christine Crowe Women In Science

Presentation Secondary School, Clonmel , Co. Tipperary. Teacher : Bernadette Byrne

269

Cathal 6 Lachtnain Ciaran MacPhaidin Jonathan Bradshaw Polaitiocht Agus An Pobal

Colaiste Raithin, Bre, Co . Cill Mhantain. Teacher : Gearoid 0 Ciarain

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Deaglan 0 Meachair Padraig 0 Gnimh Aiste Bia Cothrom - Deagoiri

Colaiste Eoin , B6thar Stigh Lorcan, Baile Atha Cliath. Teacher: Eloisia Ni She

Karina Tennyson Lisa Forristal Elizabeth Doyle Kilkenny Employment, Is It There?

St Brigid's College , Callan, Co. Kilkenny. Teacher : I T Comber

272

Katie Twomey Aoife McCarthy Caitriona Kelleher Brace Yourself

Ursuline Convent , Blackrock, Cork. Teacher : Bernard Carr

273

Niamh Watters Sarah McTeigue Cliodhna Barlow A Worthy Transition?

Manor House School , Raheny, Dublin. Teacher : Finola Higgins

Stand no. 271

Biological and ecological sciences Bitheolaiocht agus eiceolaiocht

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Biological and ecological sciences

Individual Projects junior Section

Stand no. 274

2 75

Clive Brennan Does Leadfree Petrol Work?

Gonzaga College , Ranelagh , Dublin. Teacher : Joseph 0 Briain

Helen-Louise Caffrey Ecological Studies Of The Tolka

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher : Marie Gallagher

Stand n

Individual Projects Intermediate Section

287

River

276

Linda Chamney Effect of Moon Phases And Ram Socialisation On Oestrus

Peter Clarke A Study Of The Seaweed Of The South Dublin Coastline

Carol Connolly Poultry Genetics: Developing A New Standard Breed Of Ornamental Domestic Fowl

James O'Donoghue The Life of a Cut Flower

Kildysart Vocational School, Co. Clare. Teacher : Leo O'Donoghue

Peter Alexander To Study The Effects Of Seed Density On Plant Growth'

Teacher : Sean Fitzmaurice

Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla, Dublin.

Community College , Carnew, Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Matthew Burke

Lucy-Ann Behan Bone Transportation History, Use And Development

Mount Anville Secondary School , Goatstown , Dublin Teacher : Maire O'Donohoe

Gonzaga College , Ranelagh, Dublin. Teacher : Joseph 0 Briain

Lorraine Bourke A Working Model Of The Small Intestine To Demonstrate The Digestion Of Starch And Protein

Saint Ailbes School, Tipperary. Teacher : Honor Flynn

St Raphaela' s Secondary School, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. Teacher : Eileen O'Donnell

290

291

Blanaid Hennessy Acid Rain: A Burning issue

Ursuline Convent Secondary School, Thurles , Co. Tipperary. Teacher : Sr Vera Donovan

Rr isfn Holahan Has Food Preservation Passed Its Prime?

Holy Faith Convent Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher : Mary Pilkington

Susan Kennelly A Revolution In Plastic-Making

ercy Heights Secondary School , Skibbereen , Co. Cork, Teacher : John O'Mahony

Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla, Dublin. Teacher : Sean Fitzmaurice

Roisin McCann Antibody Technology - Its Place in the Curriculum

St Louise's Comprehensive College , Falls Road, Belfast. Teacher : Gerald McShane

Niall Goff Moss Growth

St Peter's College , Wexford. Teacher : Declan Mac Cuarta

Terence Meakin The Honey Bee

St David's Secondary School , Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Mary O ' Sullivan

28 3

Simon Griffiths Factors Affecting Blood Pressure

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla , Dublin. Teacher : Sean Fitzmaurice

Elizabeth Murray Factors Influencing the Behaviour of a Marine Parasite

Assumption Grammar Ballynahinch , Co. Down. Teacher : Joseph G Rea

284

Seona Ni Chonghaile Tionchar Thoscai Difrii la ar Fhorbairt Chuanta Mara

Lisa Sharkey DNA Barcodes

Dominican College , Fortwilliam Park, Belfast. Teacher : Seamus Quinn

Kevin O'Connor Reclaimed Land Value To Who, To What, If Of Any Value

28 5

Siobhan Smith What ' s in the Pot?

Dominican College , Fortwilliam Park, Belfast. Teacher : Seamus Quinn

279

Orla Connolly A Study of Memory in Blind Cave Fish

Torca Road , Dalkey, Co. Dublin. Teacher : Michael Connolly

280

Marie Doyle Cosmetics Verses Natural Remedies

Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny. Teacher: Joan Cashin

28 1

Billy Dunne A Study of Factors That Affect Skin Resistance

2 82

Colaiste Ghobnait, Oilebin Arann, Co . na Gaillimhe. Teacher : Bridle Ni Chonghaile

Colaiste Choilm , Ballincollig, Co. Cork. Teacher : Donal 0 Laoire

295

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Stand no. 298

ndividual Projects Senior Section

Paula Breen An Evaluation of Solid & Liquid Fertilizers

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Wexford. Teacher Louise Murphy

30o

Rosalind Carney Leafyeasts As Indicators Of Air Quality in The Dublin/Wicklow Area

Alexandra College, Milltown, Dublin. Teacher Dr Carole McElhinney

301

Aine Connolly Salmord Farmind - A Natural Pigment

302

Ronan Connolly Further Studies On Diurnal Migration Of Chloroplasts In Caulerpa Species

304

David Curran Stachys Officinalis - A Study Rory English The Effect Of Electromagnetic Radiation On Leaf Regeneration And Callus Growth On Solanum Nigrum

Stand no. 309

Colaiste Chiarain , Leixlip , Co. Kildare. Teacher : Daithf Mac An Aircinn

299

Group Projects Junior Section

Orla Power The impact of Household Detergents and Waste on the Aquatic Life of a Fresh- Water Lake .

Colaiste Iognaid , Sea Road Teacher Geraldine Simmie

310

Sarah Boland Nicola Duff Allison Dunne What Whales Come To The Irish Coast?

Our Lady's Grove , Goatstown, Dublin. Teacher Jackie Donovan

311

Walter Burke Eoin Mullally Investigation Of Different Organic Fertilizers

Good Counsel College , New Ross, Co. Wexford. Teacher Michael O'Neill

312

Clarissa Byrne Ann-Marie Manning Food Preferences Of Garden Birds

Abbey Community College , Wicklow. Teacher Patrick Maher

313

Aoife Colgan Ruth Hopkins The Electrical Activity In Cells

Manor House School, Raheny, Dublin. Teacher Ailish Dolan

314

Sarah Connolly Pamela Ryan A Day In The Life Of An Earthworm

Our Ladies Grove, Goatstown , Dublin. Teacher Jackie Donovan

315

Clare D'Arcy Nuala O'Brien Toxocara Canis (Dog Roundworm) and Human Health in Northern Ireland

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road , Belfast. Teacher I McLaughlin

Mount Saint Michael School, Claremorris , Co. Mayo. Teacher Frances Lyons

Blackrock College, Co . Dublin. Teacher John Daly

Intermediate School, Killorglin , Co. Kerry. Teacher : Kieran Griffin

Castleknock College, Castleknock , Dublin. Teacher : Paul Harmey

Jeremy Heffernan A Study Of A Stream And Inlet On The River Lee In Farran Woods, Cork

Douglas Community School, Douglas. Cork. Teacher : Tom O'Hanlon

306

Susan Kavanagh The Female Menstruation Cycle or Synchronization of Menstruation

Our Lady's Bower School, Athlone , Co. Westmeath. Teacher : Christopher Armstrong

316

Rosann Dempsey Marguerita Nolan Chicory - Answer To Setaside

Colaiste Lorain, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. Teacher Sylvester McEvoy

307

Rosa McNamara Detection Of Acupuncture In Action

Ennis Vocational School, Ennis, Co . Clare. Teacher : Peadar McNamara

317

St David 's Secondary School, Greystones , Co. Wicklow. Teacher : Mary O'Sullivan

308

Marianne O' Donnell Fasting and High Sugar intake on Athletes' Performance

Saint Ailbes School, Tipperary. Teacher : Honor Flynn

Caitriona Donohue Sandra Horan Natural Dyes

Ciara Anne Walsh Can Aquatic Plants Solve The Greenhouse Effect?

Riona uootan Sheila Dalton What Are The Reactions Of Peas And Cress Seeds In Different Environments Louise Glynn Claire Muckian Lisa O'Keeffe Is There Truth In The Saying That There Are More Asthmatics Where The Forest Meets The Sea 20

321

James Hennessy Michelle Byrne Darren Maples The Biogas Barbeque

John Howard Vincent Upton The Life of the Kestral - Chick to Hawk

Brian Hughes Ciaran Kelly Jared Madden For Peats Sake - Use the Bogs to Make more lobs

324

325

Charlene Harrigan Laura Jones Rosemary Harrigan How does Carbon Dioxide Effect Plant Growth?

Martin Kelly Ciaran Mullin Neil Mullan Fit Culchies? Brian Kenneally Gavin Sheahan Ambrose Malone Crop Yield - How to Improve it With Better Soil Analysis

Heather Lacey Aisling O'Brien An Ecological Study Of The River Tolka

dartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Dublin.

Sheila McCartan Noeleen McMahon Factors Influencing Photosynthesis

t Paul's High School, Bessbrook, Co. Down. Teacher : Mr Jarlath Digney

Sarah McElroy Paula Agnew Acid Rain Keeps Falling On Our Heads

St David's Secondary School, Greystones , Co. Wicklow Teacher : Ede[ Byrne

Francine Moran Nicola McCrystal Pollution of the River Foyle

St Mary's Secondary School, Creggan , Co. Derry. Teacher : Dudley Coyle

Anna Ni Chonghaile Avril Ni Mhaonlai Caitlin Ni Craith Amalais - An Sceal ar Fad o Theal an Chapaill

Colaiste Raithin, Bre, Co . Cill Mhantain. Teacher Emmet O Gabhain

onzaga College , Ranelagh, Dublin. Teacher Joseph 6 Briain

Muireann Ni Chuana Niamh Ni Ogain Sarah Ni Ghlinn Taos Fiacal

olaiste Raithin, Bre, Co. Cill Mhantain. Teacher N Nf Chonghaile

anagher Vocational School , Co. Offaly. Teacher : George Smith

Iseult Ni Ghallchbir Ruth Ni Chuana Breiseain luide an Mearbhall

olaiste Raithin , Bre, Co . Cill Mhantain. Teacher Emmet 6 Gabhain

Fionnula O'Donovan Rachel Agnew Elaine Scullion Double Dose of Veggies

t David's Secondary School, Greystones , Co. Wicklow. Teacher I McElroy

Elsie O'Sullivan Rowena Mooney Patricia Lyne Breeding The Perfect Bee

Scoil Mhuire Portarlington , Portarlington , Co. Offaly. Teacher Alan Dunne

no . 326 Teacher : loan Cashin

Dundalk Grammar School, Co. Louth. Teacher: Andrew Keegan

t Mary's Secondary School, Creggan , Co. Derry. Teacher Dudley Coyle

329

Colaiste Dhulaigh , Coolock, Dublin. Teacher

Mary Hickie

Dean Brian Maguirc High School, Carrickmore , Co. Tyrone. Teacher : Terry McCann 334 Good Counsel College, New Ross, Co . Wexford. Teacher : Benedict Healy

reacher

Rosaleen Martin

Stand no. 335

336

Shaun Peoples Gary Friel A Study Of Fungal Decay Of Wood In The Sea

Vocational School, Milford, Co. Donegal. Teacher Brid Crumlish

Michelle Quail Lesley Cooper

Belfast Model School for Girls , Belfast, Co. Antrim. Teacher : Suzette Butler

Stand no. 344

345

Sun Vs Skin - Who will Eventually

Group Projects Intermediate Section

338

St Mary's Holy Faith School, Killester, Dublin. Teacher Elaine Durkin

Kate Clark Emma Harte Canned Hygiene

Dundalk Grammar School, Co. Louth. Teacher Stephanie Molloy Ledwith

Carol Devereux Joanne Darcy Cliona Sinnott How Much Vitamin 'C'?

Holy Faith Convent, Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

341

Paul Devoy Nicholas Dolan Martin O'Reilly A Study Of Helix The Garden Snail

Sandymount High School, Ballsbridge , Dublin. Teacher Helena Cathcart

Susan Donlon Maebh Mac Giolla Ri Joanne Marley To Bottle Or Not To Bottle - Is Our Tap Water Safe?

Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon , Co. Longford. Teacher Gerry Griffin

Phelim Doran Ciaran Coyle Fergus Sweeney Bioluminescence : Light Years Ahead

Our Lady's Secondary School, Belmullet, Co. Mayo. Teacher Jerome Chambers

343

Loreto College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Teacher : Sheila Porter

340

342

Catherine Fagan Eamon McConnon

Portmarnock Community School, Portmarnock , Co. Dublin. Teacher Angela Bury

Michael Goggins Alive, Alive 0 - The Shells of

Caroline Read Katherine Ryan Amphibian Fable

339 Jennie Cooke Kathy Rose O'Brien Lemna Minor - A 'Major' Study

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Wexford. Teacher Louise Murphy

Hygiene, Cost & Efficiency

Win?

337

Clara Doyle Julie Corish An Assessment of Methods Of Hand-Drying In Matters Of

County Dublin

346

Manta Farrelly Claire McTigue Veronica Huckle The Occurance And The Behaviour Of Parasites Of Periwinkles, Collected From County Louth

347

Fiona Geraghty Linda Finegan Forty Shades of Green - Fact Or Fiction

348

Cora Gibbons Breda Heffernan Clara Glennane Kefir - A Microbial Contribution To Human Nutrition

349

Aine Gorman Susan Hickey Victoria Lyons Comparison of Facial Beauty Products

35o

Niamh Haughey Sinead Lavelle Fiona Noonan Beneath Our Feet

351

Stephen Jordan Aidan Walsh James O'Dowd Ecology and Life Cycle of the Ant

Dundalk Grammar School, Co . Louth. Teacher Tom Mac Laughlin

St Joseph's Convent of Mercy , Navan. Co. Meath. Teacher: Catherine Kennedy

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk, Co. Louth Teacher : Margaret Enright

St Dominic's High School , Sutton, Dublin. Teacher : Sr Paul Troy

Muckross Park College , Donnybrook , Dublin. Teacher : Deirdre Harney

Tralee Community College, Co. Kerry. Teacher : Maurice Sexton

Stand no. 352

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Ardscoil Lorgan , Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. Teacher : Noreen McCarthy

Proinsias Mac Donncha Naoise 0 Conaota Cormac 0 Comhrai Bog Ecology Of "The Tower" Bog (Spiddal)

Colaiste Einde , Bbthar Na Tra , Gaillimh. Teacher Seamus 0 Donghaile

Niamh Mangan Cliona Lorton Saliva Part Deux

The Teresian School, Donnybrook , Dublin. Teacher: Ann Hegarty

Stand no. 361

Ross Mulhall John Tynan Lisa Tynan A P ro fi l e o f Ball y roan Peatland Save or Delete

St Mary's CBS , Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Teacher : Seamus McWey

Co(aiste Pobait Osrai , Cill Cha i nn i g h . Teacher : Caoimhin 0 Conghaile

362

Rbisin Ni Chaoimh Darina De Rbiste Bruascar Go Paipear

363

Dorothy Nf Dhufa i g h GrSinne Ni Chdilin Caroline Ni Thiomanaf Sulrbhe Ar Fhoinse An Abhainn Fhia

Gairmscoil Chu Uladh, Leifear , Co. Dhun na nGall. Teacher : Fiona Ni Chnaimhsi

355 Gillian McAllister Clare Lavery Browning Reactions in Fruit and Vegetables

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road, Belfast. Teacher : I McLaughlin

364

Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh Ruth Nic an Eanaigh Staideir Ar An Sceim Cosanta Don Timpeallacht Tuaithe

Colaiste Pobait Osrai, Lill Chainnigh. Teacher Caoimhin 6 Conghaile

356

Emma McAllister Paula Moore Karen McCallion Killerplants

Dominican College , Fortwilliam Park, Belfast. Teacher : Seamus Quinn

365

Gairm Scoil Einne , Oilean Arainn, Co . Na Gaillimhe. Teacher Micheal O'Conaill

357

Emma McArdle Jean By rne An Investigation Of Soft Drinks Their Consumption And Effects

St Louis High School, Rathmines, Dublin. Teacher S y lvia Brown

Fergus 0 Conghaile Brid Ni Dhiorain Siobhan Ni Chadhain An Feidir Nucella Lapillus A Usaid Le Sceirdiulacht Cladaigh Ar Oilean A Fhail Amach

366

Richard McCabe Christo p her McKernan Gavin Fenton Moving a Mountain

Christian Brothers Secondary School, Belfast , Co. Antrim. Teacher Gabriel McCaffre y

Eimear O'Kelly Lynda Stapleton Sharon O'Kelly Why Do Cats Land On Their Feet?

367

Julie McLaughlin Danielle Boyle Clara McCallan How Diet Affects Our Teeth

Dean Brian Maguirc High School, Carrickmore , Co. Tyrone. Teacher Terry McCann

Susan O'Neill Deirdre O'Neill A Good Sports Shoe - a Beneficial Factor in the Prevention of Lower Limb Injuries

368

Lisa Moran Oonagh Cushley How Well does the Human Ear Resolve Sound from Different Directions?

St Dominic's High School , Falls Road, Belfast. Teacher I McLaughlin

Michael O ' Regan John Gerard Browne Rose Barrett Water Pollution - You Have the Solution

358

359

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Sinead Loughran Marie McGinn The Behaviour and Diet of the Pipistrelle Bat

St Mary's Secondary School, Charleville , C o. C or k . Teacher Brid Talty

St. Dominic's High School , Sutton, Dublin 13. Teacher : Ms Bernadette O'Dwyer

Presentation College , Athe Teacher : Mrs Marv lenninl

Stand no. 369 Claire O'Rorke May Kennedy Nora Harrington Teeth Are Biting Back! 37o Elizabeth Ryan Julie Ann O'Brien Kim Smith Spray Them Till They Drop - An Analysis Of Household Disinfectants

Ursuline Convent Secondary School, Thurtes , Co. Tipperary. Teacher: Sr Vera Donovan

378 Ann -Marie Colbert Claire Thompson Catherine Buckley Primary Dysmenorrhoea And Its Relationship To Diet, Exercise And Stress

St Mary' s Secondary School, Mallow, Co. Cork. Teacher Martin Timmons

379 Sinead Colreavy Mairead Lynch The Causes and Effects of Sedimentation around the North Bull Island

Manor House School, Raheny, Dublin. Teacher Moira Lawless

Kerry Sheridan Sinead Ward Cara McAnespie The Willow Tree - An Alternative Energy Source?

Dean Brian Maguirc High School , Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone. Teacher: Terry McCann

372

Aoife Smyth Audrey Daly Joseph Corcoran Gummys Not Funny - Preventative Factors

St Joseph's Secondary School, Rochfort Bridge, Co . Westmeath. Teacher: Tony O'Rourke

380

Karen Cronin Kerina Foley Cathriona O'Dowd A Study of Lepidoptera Migration with Reference to Ireland and an Account of a European Migrant Lepidoptera Survey

Presentation Secondary School, Milltown, Killarney, Co. Kerry Teacher Tim Lavery

381

Ellen Cullimore Claire De Cent High And Low Fat Foods - A Comparison

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Wexford. Teacher Mary Riordan

Belcamp College , Malahide Road , Dublin. Teacher : Anthony Corbet

374

Clara Tierney Patrice Nolan Fruit Decay

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Wexford. Teacher: Mary Riordan

375

Emma Jane Williams Eamonn Cleary Hydrangea The Chameleon

Sutton Park School , Sutton, Dublin 13. Teacher: Anna Walshe

382 Eimear Dunne Meabh Dillon Pollution in the Blue Lagoon 383

Group Projects Senior Section

376

Martin Buckley Robert Shiels Catalase Plants - Part 2

Ballymun Senior Comprehensive , Ballymun , Dublin. Teacher Tony O'Reilly

Mater Christi Secondary School, Finglas , Dublin. Teacher : Patricia Mac Manus

371

373 Robert Teague Paul Downey Going Batty

Stand no. 377 Lena Byrne Samantha Harvey Aine O'Connor Pollution In The Santry River - A Flowing Concern

Patrician College , Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Teacher : Michael O'Callaghan

Vivienne Galvin Jennifer Mahony Sinead Keating Comparative Study Of Water Life In Blarney Fen

St Dominic's High School , Sutton, Teacher Bernadette O'Dwyer

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co. Cork Teacher: Sean Foley

Mary Colette Gillespie Claire Ward Si g nalling Disaster

Dominican College , Fortwitliam Park, Belfast. Teacher : Seamus Quinn

E m il y Gleeson Siobhan Judge Sinead Molumby Insect Indentification At Cabragh Wetlands

Ursuline Convent Secondary School, Thurles , Co. Tipperary. Teacher Anne Molony

David Harrington Niall McGrath The Avoca River - same old Story?

De la Salle College Teacher : Maria 0' Carroll

Sarah Horgan Maria Keating Mary Mooney Discovering Seaweed

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Stand no. 393

Jennifer McDonald Roisin Aylward Laura Connolly Mucky Business

394

Catherine McGuinness Teresa McGuinness Bloody Fertilizer!

395

Aileen McGuire Siobhan Killian Mairead Dooner The Study Of Fish And Plant Life In Local Rivers

oly Faith Convent, Rosbercon , Co. Wexford. Teacher Mary Pilkington

396

Niall McIntyre Niall O'Keeffe William Kinsella Ecological Effects Of A River Weir

Otto Klaue Philip Smyth Alan Timmons The Hay Dust Buster

De la Salle College Teacher Maria 0' Carroll

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Clara McLaughlin Jeanine McGinty Caoimhe Nic Fhogartaigh 'Eye Spy'

Louise Lahiff Elayne Kelly Food For Thought - A Study of Edible Insects

coil Carmel, O'Connell Avenue, Limerick. Teacher : Claire Madigan

398

Anthony McMahon Paul Olsen Gareth Maguire Ecosystems

Portumna Community School, Portumna, Co . Galway. Teacher : Pierce Joyce

399

Deirdre Montgomery Catherine O'Sullivan Asthma And Related Diseases

400

Fiacre Mulhall Donal Parsons Jerry Conolly Environmental Effect Of Tannery Waste Products

390

Joan Lynch Bernadette Dervan Lisa Smith Derg Cormorant - Friend Or Foe!

391

Shane Markey Brian Fitzpatrick Factors Affecting Cavitation in Whole Plants, Leaves and Vascular Bundles Using Acoustic Detection

Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Co. Down. Teacher: Gerard Hughes

392

Nicola McCarthy Clare Groarke Jennifer Walsh Crystal Clear - Crystal Clean?

Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork. Teacher : Bernard Carr

Slieverue Vocational School, Slieverue , Co. Kilkenny. Teacher: Madeleine McCann

Eure k a S econ d ary School , Kells , Co . Meath. Teacher Mary Byrne Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon , Co. Longford. Teacher Gerry Griffin

ewbridge College, Newbridge , Co. Kildare. Teacher Patrick F Byrne

Loreto Convent Grammar School, Omagh, Co . Tyrone. Teacher : Mrs Anna Cummins

t Colman's College , Newry, Co. Down. Teacher: Mr Aidan Henry

North Presentation Secondary School, Farranree, Cork. Teacher : Eileen Riordan

St Kieran's College , Callan, Co. Kilkenny. Teacher : Mr Bernard Clarke

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Triona O'Boyle Grainne Murphy Pseudomonas Colonization In Cystic Fibrosis

St Mary's Secondary School, Mallow, Co. Cork. Teacher Martin Timmons

402

Claire O'Donovan Siunann Kearney Clodagh Keohane The Clone Zone - Plant Cloning

Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork. Teacher Bernard Carr

403

Bronagh O ' Loughlin Laura Mulligan The Effects Of Different Wavelenghts Of Light On The Germination, Growth And Development Of Plants

Dundalk Grammar School, Co . Louth. Teacher : Tom Mac Laughlin

404

Joseph Savage Cohn O'Driscoll Michael Gilmore Is Our Sycamore Sick Anymore?

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Patrick Smyth John Moynes Jamie O'Connell Relationship Between Colour of Eyes and Sight

Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Dublin. Teacher : be McDonnell

406

Colin Walsh Shwan Henari A Study Of Blood Group Frequencies On The Aran Islands

The High School , Rathgar, Dublin. Teacher: Joan Geoghegan

407

Maeve Whyte Pamela Duffy Bioremediation - A Shoreline Remedy?

Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan , Co. Dublin. Teacher : Edward McCarthy

408

Sarah -Jane Woods Laura Barry Karen Doherty Biogas - A Fuel For The Future

Sancta Maria College , Ballyroan, Dublin. Teacher: Mr Peter Brennan

Stand no. 401

Portmarnock Community School, Portmarnock , Co. Dublin. Teacher Angela Bury