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I am delighted to welcome you to the 1999 Esat Telecom Young Scientist & ,Technology Exhibition. As one of Ireland's fastest growing young companies, EsatTelecom is proud to promote science and technology throughout the island of Ireland in its sponsorship of the Young Scientist &Technology Exhibition. Last year's exhibition proved to be an enormous success and highlighted the huge wealth of talent amongst Ireland's students. I have no doubt that these young people are the natural leaders and entrepreneurs of the future. Credit is also due to all the schools, teachers and parents who provide guidance advice and support to students who work on their projects throughout the school year. This year's exhibition yet again proves that young people are Ireland's greatest resource and are an inspiration to everybody in Ireland. The Young Scientist &Technology Exhibition is a showcase of innovation, imagination and enterprise and it is a fitting tribute to the evolution of science and technology as the dawn of the Millennium draws nearer. Visit the exhibition, explore the projects, talk to the students and you too will be impressed.

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Getting into someone's computer; is it like getting into Fort

We have one of the best wind resources in Ireland so why aren't

Knox or is it a piece of cake ? And if someone does get in how

we using it? Could we harness enough wind in Dublin, where the

difficult is it to damage or corrupt the software. How easy is

cancer rate is 25% above the national average and traffic is a

it to get past various virus detection programmes?

source of everyday pollution, to feed battery cars? Robert O'Connor from Gonzaga College in Ranelagh , Dublin has been

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Ross Jenkinson, Abbey Community College, Wicklow Town,

assessing the possibilities.

reckons he has some of the answers. What do people really think about AIDS and the HIV virus, how much do they know about it and what is their true reaction to carriers.? Karen O'Connor and Sandra Boland from the

Designer labels . Is it a question of getting what you pay for, in terms of quality or are we being ripped off when we go for them? David Bracken, Hartstown Community College, Dublin has been making comparisons.

Dominican College,Wicklow have been finding out. Are we taking our lives in our hands when we visit the local It's a sticky problem... getting rid of chewing gum but Linda Macklin, Kim Virgo and Orla O'Shea from Christ the King, Secondary School Cork feel they may have the problem

swimming pool?Aileen Ni Chaoimh and Aoife Ni Laoide,Colaiste losagain , Stigh Lorgain, Baile Atha Cliath have been testing the water - as Gaeilge.

licked with the chewing gum disposal cap. Based on a study conducted in a Canadian school where Can we hear history? What happens to radio waves? Do they simply vanish into thin air or do they remain in the atmosphere

THE EXHIBITS

so we can actually hear radio from times past? Handy to know if you're sitting a history exam. Shane Kenny and Charles

pupils were taught through the medium of French, in a predominantly English speaking area, pupils, Dora 0 Hogain, Oliver Mannion and Collin 0 Cleirigh from Cholaiste Pobal Osrai in Kilkenny have conducted a study to

Montague from St. Kilian's Community School, Bray, Co. Wicklow

see how well pupils in all- Irish speaking colleges are faring.

have been tuning in and are ready to broadcast their findings at

Has their Irish improved? Has their English disimproved? Has

the Exhibition.

a'new' Irish hybrid language emerged as consequence of the

It's Murphy's law... A tyre will always puncture when it's

sprouting of Gealscoils in English speaking areas?

pouring out of the heavens, you haven't got a coat, the

The Zebra mussel is a not-so-welcome arrival on our lakeshores.

screws for the jack are locked into position and there isn't a sinner in sight to lend a hand . So what's the answer?A selfrepairing tyre of course ! And Brian Lawford and his team

Especially evident in Lough Derg, Brianna Ni Chathmaoil, Cholaiste Pobal Osrai in Kilkenny has been examining its impact on the local eco system.

from Terenure College in Dublin have invented one, which they promise to bring along to the Exhibition.

Waste, how to get rid of it and how to sort it out, is something that Eoin O'Carroll and Thomas Collier, both students

What happens when we run out of space on Earth, or it becomes so hostile it won't play home to us any longer? Mark Finlay, Marcus Campbell and Galen Mac Caba, students at St. Michael's

at Glenstal Abbey have applied their minds to. They have devised and constructed a working model of a metal garbage sorter. They've even christened it - Robocan 2,000!

College, Ballsbridge in Dublin have been tossing this notion about and have come up with an alternative... For the Exhibition they are designing a fully functioning orbital space station/habitat which includes its own system for life support and artificial gravity. They will also be designing a self-

FACTS @ a n la nce In the beginning...

sustaining lunar colony, complete with its own oxygen and water supply plus a new energy source for the various space habitats

The first ever Young Scientist Exhibition was held

and Earth itself and will be examining the possibility of mining on

in January 1965.

the asteroid belt.

230 Students participated in the first event and

The Man in the Moon may not be such a pie-in-the-sky notion

after all.

5,000 attended.

and now...

Water used to be the key to life but these days when we lift a glass of the clear liquid to our lips are we in fact taking a

690 students from over 200 schools exhibited at

poisoned chalice?And are the chemicals we add to it, in the

the 1998 event.

name of purification, doing us more harm than good? Sarah Jane Campbell and Cairin

Conway, Loreto College,

Stephen's Green. Dublin have been conducting studies to gel

13,000 people attended the 1998 exhibition in the two days it was open to the public.

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on Wednesday January 6 1999! Rocket FM is the name of the very first radio station - for the ESAT Telecom Young Scientist Exhibition. We'll be broadcasting from January 6 to the 1200 exhibitors plus the 25,000 or so people expected to visit the exhibition. As this is the first time the Young Scientists has had a radio station, I'll tell you a little about how we're going to put it altogether. Firstly we had to apply to the Independent Radio and Television Commission for the licence - which allows us broadcast on a 10 watt transmitter to the Exhibition and surrounding area. Then we asked secondary school students all over the country to suggest a name for the station and design a logo. Along with that we asked them to write a letter to a celebrity inviting him or her to be interviewed on the station.We got hundreds of entries and finally selected 15 lucky winners who will be the staff of the radio station. The winners travelled to Dublin for training with radio professionals and then on Wednesday January 6 Rocket FM was launched

FACTS @ a glance Victors... The first ever winner of the Young Scientist

We hope to interview as many of the celebrity visitors to the

Exhibition was John Monaghan from Newbridge

Exhibition as possible, plus we'll be talking to all the exhibitors and

College, Co. Kildare (1965).

asking them about their projects.We'll have all the news and gossip from the Exhibition plus we'll be the first to announce the winners!

■ The first female winner was Mary Finn from the Ursuline Convent, Sligo (1966).

If all goes well we'll also be linking up with ESATnet and broadcasting live on the Worldwide Web - so that school kids all over the country will be able to hear the sounds of the Rocket

Richard Elliot, from Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, was the first student from Northern Ireland to win Young Scientist of the Year (1974).

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Internet addresses. Among the names: toiletpapercom, pimples.com, germs.com, bacteria.com, dandruff.com, underarm.com, badbreath.com, and diarrhea.com. 10. There's no centrally held register for all e-mail addresses, but you can try to find business or friend's e-mail addresses at

Monty Python sketch ("Well, we have Spam, tomato & Spam,

the following services; E-search, Ireland's e-mail directory

spam first began arriving on the Internet. Spam is a trade-

marked Hormel meat product. The estimated cost to busi-

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egg & Spam, Egg, bacon & Spam...") that was current when

nesses in Britain and Ireland in dealing with the problems of

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spam e-mail is E5.5 billion. 11. Four events recently captured the attention of millions and millions of surfers around the world, and have shown how the web is indeed global and a lightening rod for breaking

15. The Irish booksellers Hughes & Hughes <www.hughesbooks.com> have recently gone online and claim more than 2.4 million volumes are stocked online, which puts them just

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Denise Cox has been trawling the Net, to whet your appetite with a few bytes of information. As Rachel from 'Friends' would say, 'Pay attention... here's the science part'

I) The death of Princess Diana, 2) The Louise Woodward murder trial (the American judge choose to post his judgment online (a first),

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posted on the Net the go-ahead for the Vatican to go online with its own

millions of users worldwide via many computer networks,

Internet home page.<www.vatican.va>, probably the first

4) The Kenneth Starr report on President Clinton.

using a simple standard common addressing system and

major religion to do so.

Despite dire warnings by officials during each of these

It's not just a guy thing, not in this country anyway! The Irish Internet Association's recent survey found that one third of respondents are female.And the numbers of girls online are growing; the figure was up slightly from the last survey (31%), and is currently higher than the European average of 22%.

events, all the websites held up to the surges in traffic and

communications protocol called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol).

This includes U.S. federal networks, regional networks, education and international networks . The connections between the different networks are called 'gateways. These gateways serve to transfer electronic data worldwide.

In 1960 the Internet didn't exist. Now there are over 60 million users on the Internet and over three million more logging on monthly. Statistics show that there will be over 550 million within the next three years.

The Pope has been quoted as saying "Computers have changed my life." However, his aides say he still prefers to write most of his speeches by hand in Polish, later transcribed onto a computer by aides . Be that, as it may, he gave

In the same survey 36% of the respondents said they had bought something online in the past 12 months.The most common purchases were books and CD ROMS, but in the 'other' category the IIA got some pretty interesting responses; clothes (lots), concert tickets, antique silverware, offroad motorbikes, contact lenses, Dilbert dolls, and "a small but elegant plot of 18 acres on the moon for my goddaughter's Christening!"

Number of miles of undersea telephone cables: 186,000. In 1997 the annual percentage growth rate of data traffic on undersea telephone cables was 90%.

3) The Pathfinder exploration of Mars, - the photos were The Internet is a global network of networks connecting

the largest online bookseller, Amazon.com

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In 1956 IBM introduced the first hard drive. It had a capacity of 5MB (megabytes) and was the size of two large refrigerators.Today a 5 gigabytes drive (there a 1,000 megabytes in a gigabyte) is now on the market and is smaller than a hard cover book!

survived millions of visitors. 18. 12. In April of this year over 20,000 people logged on to partic-

Percentage of software companies now offering technical support through their website: 80

ipate in the world's first inter-species online chat with Koko, a 300-pound gorilla. Using American Sign Language, Koko responded to questions from the public. Her answers, which typically consisted of one or two words, were typed in by a

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Percentage of Web users who consider Web access " indispensable": 82

human assistant. While participants pegged her with ques-

20. You can often tell where a website or e-mail address is based by the two or three letters after the full stop. For

tions that included an inquiry on evolutionary theory, Koko

example, in www.yahoo.ie. the .ie refers to Ireland, de is

responded most successfully to simpler queries. "I like

Germany, Jr is France, etc. A complete list is at

drinks:' she told one viewer, qualifying with "Apple drinks". 13.

Number of terrorist attacks in 1997 using the Internet: I

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Spam is defined as "unsolicited e-mail on the Internet" The word Spam is reported to have been derived from a famous

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not just `The Island of S aint s a nd S c h olars'. While renowned for being The Island of Saints and Scholars we can lay claim to our fair share of inventors and innovators too. Dr. Charles Mallon, Editor of the Irish Scientist, tells it like it is... Judging by the lack of publicity in the past, it might be assumed that 5T&I (Science, Technology and Innovation) three of today's buzzwords, have only recently hit our shores. But that assumption would be wrong. Over the last centuries we have produced a remarkable number of people who have made their mark on the international scene. You could say that it all started with Robert Boyle (1627-1691.) Born in Lismore, Co.Waterford, he was a key figure in the birth of the modern scientific method.At a time when superstition and alchemy were rampant, he showed the power of scientific experiments by demonstrating how they could be repeated and

You may not know you have a Callan coil but if you drive a petrol driven car you literally couldn't do without it because it is used to cause the spark in the internal combustion engine.The invention is credited to a"very holy priest" Rev. Nicholas Callan (17991864) who was born near Ardee in Co. Louth. Rev. Callan subsequently became a Professor in St Patrick's College Maynooth and it was while there in 1836 that he invented the induction coil - the forerunner of to-day's transformers, without which we wouldn't have limitless electricity at our fingertips. A great showman, Rev. Callan used the seminarians as "voluntary" voltmeters to test his "high-tension electricity" and apart from his inventions he is noted for rendering unconscious a future Archbishop of Dublin,William Walsh!

As an island race, we can hardly be surprised that some of our ingenious sons gained fame in marine innovation and engineering. One of these was John Philip Holland (1841-1914) who hailed from the coastal village of Liscannor in Co, Clare.

Harry attached a new style plough (or other accessories) to his tractor using an ingenious "three point linkage" so that tractor and plough formed a single unit. He patented this "Ferguson System" in 1926.

He taught at the North Mon CBS in Cork (and elsewhere) before emigrating to America, where he became involved in submarine design and construction . His achievements reached their peak in Holland No.6, a 53 foot vessel launched in 1897, whose design was purchased by the US Navy. Some of his previous submarines had more exotic names - including The Fenian Ram (No.2),The Zalinski Boat (No.4) and The Plunger (No.5).

We haven't mentioned any women yet but they certainly left their mark too.The very first female Fellow of the Royal Society (in 1945) was Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971,) a chemist of outstanding ability, who was the tenth child of the postmaster at Newbridge in Co. Kildare, and his wife Jessie.

Also in the shipping tradition was Charles Parsons (1854 -1931.) His background, however was very different to that of John Philip Holland. His father was the famous third Earl of Posse from Birr Co. Offaly who had built there in the 1840s what was, for over 70 years, the largest telescope in the world. (It has recently been magnificently restored - go see it and be amazed.) Charles invented the steam turbine engine which, when fitted to his experimental boat,Turbinia, allowed it to reach an unheard of speed of 34 knots in 1897 (a good year that for Irish inventions!). His engine was used both in warships and in famous passenger liners like the Lusitania (torpedoed, ironically, by a submarine in 1914) and the Mauretania. But his invention had enormous repercussions on land as well,for it was used to drive ever larger electricity generating power stations. So you could say that Charles Parsons followed in the footsteps of Nicholas Callan in making a mighty contribution to ensuring the availability of electricity.

One of the most famous of nineteenth century physicists and

refined, used to support or refute hypotheses, lead in new direc-

inventors was William Thomson (1824-1907) from Belfast, who

Agriculture remains one of Ireland's key industries and it was an

tions and produce reliable and useful results.

became a peer - Lord Kelvin - in 1892. He published over 600

engineer from near Dromore in Co. Down, Harry Ferguson (1884-

papers, two dozen books, and more than 60 patents, across a

1960,) who transformed not only Irish but World agriculture.

range of subjects from the fundamental to the applied.

He did this by developing a safer, inexpensive light-weight tractor.

He was the brains behind the successful trans -Atlantic telegraph cable in 1866, he carried out pioneering work on mechanical energy and heat, (the basis of modern low-temperature engineering.) Today's "absolute" scale of temperature is named after him and one of his most successful inventions - his improved compass - was adopted by all British navy vessels.

Previous tractors were heavy, difficult to adjust and dangerous. If

He was a founder of the Royal Society in London in 1661 and his work, including his book The Sceptical Chymist, earned him the epithet "The son of the Earl of Corke and the Father of Chemistry". .His father was Richard Boyle, the "Great Earl of Corke" an ingenious entrepreneur who amassed great wealth and fortune, leaving his 14th child, our Robert, free to pursue his scientific endeavours. Modern science was born and hasn't looked back since.

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an attached plough hit an obstacle, the front end of the tractor was likely to rise up, throwing the unfortunate driver into the plough at the back, often with fatal results.

Kathleen used x-rays to determine the structure of organic compounds. It was she who first demonstrated that the benzene ring - a key entity in organic chemistry - was six-sided and flat. The discovery of "pulsars" (short for pulsating radio sources) is credited to Jocelyn Bell Burnell who was born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh in 1943. A neutron star is one which has collapsed to a very small size under its own gravity, and the pulsars are the remnants of the "supernova" explosions of large stars. More have been discovered since, but it was Jocelyn who discovered the first four. In 1974, Anthony Hewlish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the pulsar work which is an important step towards our understanding of the Universe of which we are such a tiny part.While not denying Hewlish's acomplishments many felt that Jocelyn was unfortunate not to have been similarly honoured. An Irish scientist who did win a Nobel Prize was Ernest Walton (1903-1995) from Dungarvan in Co.Waterford. A man of brilliant intellect but also of great manual ability, he and John Cockcroft built a voltage multiplier (to a design still used today) with which they successfully "split the atom" at Cambridge in 1932 to immense international acclaim. By bombarding lithium with accelerated protons they produced alpha particles (helium nuclei), achieving for the first time the alchemists dream of the transmutation of the elements by artificial means.This was the start of accelerator-based nuclear physics which has since taught us so much about the nature of matter.

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Students would find the going tough without the support of their teachers in any subject. This is especially true of Science, if the pupils wish to enter the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition... The partnership that exists between teachers and the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition is long standing and it's fair to say that it has been of mutual benefit.

The ISTA (Irish Science Teacher's Association) was formed in

Even for students whose projects don't win prizes, Padraig sees

1961 just four years before the firstYoung Scientist Exhibition (as

advantages in entering; advantages not necessarily confined to

it was then called) came into being. Its current chairman is Padraig

Science...

O'Leime, who teaches in Carrick Vocational School, in Donegal.

"They learn about research , experimenting, drawing conclusions.

Padraig explains the workings of the Association. "It is a voluntary

It gives them a great confidence to know that they have done

group of teachers from the 26 counties, with a membership of

something constructive that they are able to discuss and argue

over 1,000. Our aim is to provide support for Science and

about so in this way it fosters communication skills.

Technology teachers and to promote to the student population awareness and highlight the immense opportunities that currently exist in the Science world. While not every Science teacher is necessarily a member, at the moment the vast majority of schools have at least one member in the Association. "The workings of the Association are carried out by its offices, nationwide branches and different subcommittees which include Physics, Chemistry, Physics & Chemistry, Biology, Technology, Junior and Primary Science.

"Students who work as a group learn about hypothesising, planning, experimenting, co-operating, delegating, carrying their fair share and collaborating with their findings.They also learn how to present the project attractively which often involves artistic skills and how to present it in such a way that it catches attention - the bones of marketing!" Padraig also sees the Exhibition as valuable for students who, for whatever reason don 't enter the contest." It raises their awareness of the subject and by coming to the show they see first hand

"Membership of the ISTA, is not confined to Science teachers, or

how prestigious an event it is... it is probably the most presti-

indeed to second-level teachers, it is open to anybody who has

gious event outside the classroom for students . This is also illus-

an interest in the promotion of Science and Technology."

trated by the outstanding success, internationally, of previous winners."

Apart from working with the Department of Education and Science, the NCCA and other bodies, one of the more important

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events that the ISTA gets involved in is the Esat Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

Padraig feels that in the current climate there is a need for students to remain with Science and Technology for the duration of secondary school in order to give them the option of entering that world for their career.

"We realise that students need to be encouraged if they are to follow a career in science and we see the Young Scientist and

"This, in essence is why the ISTA is happy to promote the ESAT

Technology Exhibition as the single greatest event to promote

Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition to its members and

the sciences outside of the classroom," says Padraig.

their students. It is also the reason why teachers are happy to offer guidance, suggest ideas, show how pieces of equipment can be

He sees the Exhibition as a valuable tool in promoting interest â&#x20AC;˘ `,

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used and teach about presentation to their students who want to win the coveted "ESATYOUNG SCIENTIST OFTHEYEAR" title:"

"Take Home Economics, for example," he says. "Traditionally pupils who took this subject worked with materials such as textiles and food. But because it's been seen as a'female' subject boys have been very slow to pick it up (although Department of Education figures indicate male participation has increased slightly in recent years)

In effect what this means is that while the girls school might make the effort, raise the money needed through funding, voluntary donations or other means, the constant grind of providing money on a yearly basis for supplies takes its toll. While it might be possible to sustain the programme for one year, by the time a class has gone on to third year and there are two more behind, according to Denis Bates the cost can become too much to bear.

"Ireland has a very significant food industry and yet our school system encourages the categorisation of food as a `woman's' subject which means that unless they are very lucky the boys who want to get into the food industry are unlikely to work with food until they get to third level. Because of precedent and practice in this incidence we're placing a needless handicap on boys." Similarly girls are being handicapped when it comes to taking up places in the world of technology. The prejudice is particularly evident when Department of Education figures are examined. For instance out of a total of 1,239 girls who sat the Technical Drawing exam last year only 160 were from all-girl schools, the

He sees this lack of funding and support as a classic example of cutting off our nose despite our face. He explains " The technology-based industry in Ireland is growing and it's a matter of fact that within the next few years it will experience a labour shortage. "If we don't address this problem our loss will be someone elses gain. It's happened already. One of the key factors in Siemens decision to locate in England rather than Cork (where they were keen to locate for other reasons) was the shortage of labour," says Denis adding "This highlights the urgent need to address the curriculum and to get more young women involved in technology"

remaining 1,079 came from mixed schools. (For the record 16, 217 boys sat the exam, a mind boggling 94.4%) Figures for Construction Studies (formerly known as Woodwork) have a similar ring to them. Out of a total of 18,839 pupils who sat the exam a mere 35 came from all-girl schools with 1,189 coming from mixed schools. But even those figures were better than Engineering (which develops from Metalwork in the Junior Cycle).

Not one single girl from all-girl schools sat the Engineering exam at Leaving Cert level last year This is a point also raised by Helen Hughes, Chairperson of WITS (Women in Technology and Science) who says " Schools should give all the support and encouragement to girls to keep up Maths, Science and Technology subjects"

Not one single girl from all-girl schools sat the exam at Leaving Cert level last year. In total 604 girls from mixed

She adds, however that it would be wrong to lay the entire burden

schools sat it (representing the whole figure - a shocking

of blame on the doorsteps of the schools and education system.

3.7% of the overall total) while the figure for boys was a total

"Even when the opportunities exist for girls to study these

of 11,766.

subjects, technology based industry still has a severe problem to

So why the discrepancy?

overcome. Jobs in SET have the reputation of being difficult and dirty and not people oriented:"

While the much smaller percentage of girls taking on technical subjects in mixed schools where the facilities are the same for both sexes is indicative of attitude (1,189 girls attending mixed schools took Construction Studies for the Leaving /Cert. last year for

In a direct attempt to address this issue WITS organises several' role model' days every year because as Helen says "the importance of role models for girls cannot be under-estimated:"

example while 14,103 boys attending the same mixed schools took

With regard to Science the members of WITS feel that girls are

up the offer) cost is a determining factor for many all-girl schools.

often reluctant to study science subjects because they may be

Denis Bates explains... "The availability of appropriately furnished

unaware of the career opportunities. To this end the `role model

and equipped workrooms varies between school types.Vocational,

'days play a valuable part too.

Community and Comprehensive Schools are usually equipped to

Helen maintains,"If we are really serious in encouraging girls into

a better standard than Secondary schools but Secondary schools

Science, we need to expand the horizons of the subjects and inte-

still educate 70% of the school-going population:"

grate them into what girls are interested in, rather than making

And there's an expensive sting in the tail for girls' schools: "Many

them intense and offputting:'

of the Secondary schools are all-girl schools which by tradition

She points out that this step has already been taken in several EU

have no background in such technology areas as wood and metal.

countries where courses are 'gender proofed' to make them

For them the commencement of the subject necessitates a capital

more attractive to women. She feels it's time we took similar

investment in rooms, equipment and consumable supplies.

measures here if we are to make the most of what science and

"Nine years ago we estimated that the cost of equipping a

technology has to offer.

modest Technology room at ÂŁ30,000. The Department of Education grant for schools taking up the subject is ÂŁ5,000.This grant is a once-off payment. No further money is offered towards the yearly costs of consumable supplies and materials:"

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are a ll t h e w om e n ? Why do so few women follow careers in Science and Tecnhology? Jacinta O'Brien has been trying to find some answers... Irish women have made a significant contribution to science and technology in this country yet those who make it their career are in the minority. This begs the question; why? On the surface it's all a bit of a mystery especially since, as Dr. Charles Mollan editor of the Irish Scientist points out "It's a fact

While 88.2% of those who sat the junior Certificate Home Economics exam and 59. 6% of the total who sat the Arts , Crafts and Design exam were female; girls accounted for only 28% of those who took the subject Technology exam in 1997. But this figure was positively healthy when compared with the percentage who took Technical Graphics ( 10.1%) Materials/ Technology

that young women do better than their male counterparts in the Leaving Certificate." Dr. Mollan has long since championed the

(Wood) ( 10.3%) and Materials/ Technology (Metal) (6.2%)

rights of women to play a bigger part in science and technology in this country because he feels that after receiving such good results, logically women should have the pick of the courses.

A glance at the state of play in the Leaving Certificate science papers throws up a similar dismal picture ... Home Economics, un surprisingly, tops the league with 84. 2% of those taking the exam

So why don't women take up the opportunity that the technology industry for instance offers , especially since the tech-

female. Biology was next at 66.3%: Physics had a mere 26.4%. Things became progressively worse with only 5 . 8% of those taking the Construction Studies exam female while a paltry 5 .6% of girls

nology industry is known to be a good payer and offers excellent

took Technical Drawing and a derisory 3.7% of Engineering

careers opportunities?

students taking the Leaving Certificate paper were female.

A look at the female participation in technology and science based subjects at junior and Leaving Certificate level in recent

Much of this problem is due to our attitudes which dictate the way in which schools function . According to Denis Bates, Secretary of the Association of Technology Teachers " It's not just

times gives a strong clue to the answer.

the women who suffer...

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winner I II right! If you were a betting man, a gamble on Raphael Hurley, winning the Young Scientist Award would surely have represented a good bet, for Raphael - last year's winner had something of a track record at the Young Scientist Exhibition.

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Back in 1995 when he was a mere sixth class student, Raphael had

In fact it's fair to say that this modest young man is an all round

entered the competition, with a maths based project on trees,

good egg - for in spite of the disruption to his year he still

and even though he was one of the youngest contestants he came

managed to get 9 As in his junior Certificate last Summer.This,

home with a Highly Commended...

by the way, is a piece of information I winkled out of his Mum, he didn't volunteer it!

Was he doing science projects at Primary School? So, was winning the Esat Young Scientist title a good "No, but I had visited the exhibition in'92 and I was really inter-

experience?

ested in it. Also, my older brother Gavin entered projects and my Dad is a lecturer in Maths so there was a family interest in the

Undoubtedly, says Raphael who adds, "I would recommend

Young Scientist Exhibition:"

anyone entering. It's an experience in self-discipline - you have to push yourself - but it's very enjoyable too; I really enjoyed taking

Entering on a previous occasion helped him a lot, says Raphael."l

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understood the judging system and was familiar with what had to

part in the Esat Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin and then going on to Portugal and meeting with the other contestants"

be done and how to present a project." After he has left Secondary School, Raphael hopes to pursue a His winning project of last year - he studied how to win at Monopoly - certainly captured the imagination. At a quick glance it looked like a fun thing to do and while, no doubt he enjoyed

career in maths, computers, languages or perhaps even politics. With his winning combination of natural talent and diligence this writer is looking for odds on him beingTaoiseach some day!

doing it and got great satisfaction from his achievement, Raphael certainly put the work in... He used the advanced computer programme Mathematics to track probabilities, and matrix algebra to calculate the flow of the game. Then he used sophisticated mathematical Markov Processes, (which he studied over the Summer before commencing work on

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Now a fourth year student he is currently taking time out from

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Careers in science&technology There are many different routes to working in the Science and Technology sectors. We spoke with six people who each took a different path...

KAREN BURNS Research & Development Chemist with Adhesives Research Ireland, Ltd., Limerick Adhesives Research is a leading independent supplier of pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) which has recently expanded its European operations. Karen Burns has established an R & D Department, for the company, based at the University of Limerick.This caters for any R & D requirements from a variety of medical/ pharmaceutical

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and industrial markets.

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Establishing this department involved installing new equipment, setting up procedures and growing the business by meeting with new customers and developing products to meet their needs.

When she decided to return to Ireland Karen found employment with ITW. (Illinois Tool Works) in Shannon, Co. Clare. ITW is the parent company for five different companies, all based on the one site on the Shannon Industrial Estate. She worked in the area of commercial development for two of those firms - CCP

Cluny's Secondary School in Killiney, Co. n legt' St J I Dublin and went tO study Science at the DIT, (Dublin Institute t_ btained. a 2.1 honours degree of Technology)N try awarded from Trinity College Dublin. in Physics and C It is worthwhile never studied P1

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# before attending DIT, she had

She makes the point that she didn 't find it a drawback not to lave Physics and that girls who find themselves in a similar situation i . e. not having the opportunity to do a particular science or technology subject at secondary school level , should not feel that a career in this area is closed to them.

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(Chemical Construction Products) and Adhesive Systems. Karen moved from ITW to her current position with Adhesives Research Ireland Ltd. in January 1998. Due to the different experiences she gained through her various posts, Karen made herself more employable . She makes the point that going to DIT was a factor here too because of the versatile and practical nature of her degree. She feels it gave her more options.

c utting e dge SEAN FOLEY Research Scientist at the National Micro Electronics Research Centre attached to U.C.C., Cork

ma k ing 8 business

EUGENE MULLIGAN Commercal ProducerTV3 Eugene Mulligan's job atTV3 involves the production of all video products for the sales department at Ireland's newest TV station. This includes Show reels for the sales force (5-10 minute tapes highlighting the various attractions of the station; programme reels i.e. programme highlights and other promotional material. He describes his job as being "part creative, part management and part technical." While not personally involved in all of the technical processes that go into making a video nevertheless Eugene has to be familiar with each one as he needs to be able to discuss them with whoever is responsible for them.

out of Science!

Dr. Hubert Henry

The Bord takes in samples from industry, measures them, looks

Senior Environmental Consultant, Bord na Mona, Environmental

at the results and interprets them . From there they help the firms

Division

involved to comply with their licence requirements , help them change their processes , put in new treatment systems, etc.

Eight years ago Bord na Mona realised that the environmental area is very much a growth sector and proceeded to develop the

This is not an aspect of Bord na Mona that the general public

unique physical, chemical and biological properties of peat which

would be aware of but it is one which is growing and which Dr.

make it a useful medium for the treatment of pollutants.

Henry feels will continue to grow as environmental issues become more important, particularly in terms of legal requirements.

His path to his present post was a little circuitous and probably

The Environmental Division was set up in 1990 and is mainly involved in three areas of business for the board, i.e. the technical

Dr. Henry came to his job in Bord na Mona following a number

staff have developed and perfected two products used in the

of educational and career moves . He was awarded a B.Sc . (Hons)

"I went to DCU where I did a BA in Communications Studies. It

treatment of pollution and they offer an environmental consul-

Environmental Science &Technology, by the NCEA at Sligo IT, in

was very trendy, very academic but the practical elements were

tancy and analytical service to industry.

not what one might expect.

not so well developed ", he says adding fairly that he was not

1986 and subsequently a Ph.D in 1990 for his research thesis "The movement and attenuation of domestic wastewater in soils

focused himself on what he wanted to do after he had left college

Puraflo is a wastewater treatment unit which will treat the

and he concedes " at least the course gave me the potential to

effluent resulting from the occupants of a single house right up to

pursue various options:'

a population of 1000 people. Basically the system for a single

His work experience began as a temporary college lecturer at

house incorporates two boxes filled with a specialised peat. The

Sligo IT, 1988 - 1990. He then went into research at Portalab

What experience was missing from his degree course he quickly gained on his first job...

and its subsequent pollution of groundwater sources".

sewage (effluent) from the house goes through a septic tank and

Diagnostics , Finisklin , Co. Sligo, 1989 - 1990 from where he was

is then pumped over this peat bed, percolates down through it

employed as a Research Scientist , to Bord na Mona's ,

"It was with Farm TV in Mullingar, as a Production Assistant and although the pay was low I gained invaluable experience but I basically had to do everything - producing, editing, camera work,

and in that process is treated.... 96% of pollutants in the sewage

Environmental Division , 1990 - 1992. He was promoted to Head,

are removed and that lasts for at least 15 years in a house.

Water Section , Bard na Mona, Environmental Division, 1992-

the lot".

Agreement Board) is not needed in cities (where a sewerage

But while he gained across-the-board experience, Eugene discovered when he left the Midlands to return to Dublin to work as a freelance that the lack of focus and specialization made it difficult

system is in operation) but is of great importance in the country

As Senior Consultant with Bord na Mona, Dr. Henry has devel-

and is especially significant in countries which have large unsew-

oped extensive expertise and experience in a broad range of

ered areas such as Ireland (where only 70% of populated areas

environmental consultancy projects including:

for him to find employment.

are sewered and America where the figure is similar - there is

1994. He is currently Senior Environmental Consultant , Bord na The system (which has been approved by the National Standards

Mona, Environmental Division.

IPC Licence Applications

therefore, potential in America for this product).

"Things were pretty grim for a while, I had to go on the dole because I found it so difficult to break into the scene:' Eventually it was a personal contact who alerted him to the avail-

Environmental Management Systems

The current Bord na Mona unit was refined from initial work

Hydrogeological Studies

carried out in the US to one of high efficiency. Bord na Mona are

Wastewater Treatment

now perceived as the world experts in this area.

Environmental Impact Statements

ability of a post as Promotional Producer, with Celtic Vision, an America cable company broadcasting Celtic programmes to the

The second area the Environmental Division is involved in is in

Dr. Henry was advisor to the SR6 committee and is a recognised

US and Eugene got the job.

the production of the Mona product range which has a not

expert on wastewater treatment and hydrogeology. He has

dissimilar application, albeit in a different medium - foul, odorous

lectured extensively in Europe and the USA on the above topics.

This was his stepping stone to TV3 which he joined after

air and air emissions from municipal or industrial sources, are

He is an Irish representative of the European Working Group on

following a more usual route to changing jobs - answering an

passed through this unit which also consists of a specialised peat

Wastewater Treatment Plants.

ad... in the paper.

bed or calcareous shell media. Because of the properties of the

Now well ensconced, Eugene is enjoying his job. "There is

media the foul air etc. is absorbed and degraded.

certainly a lot of work attached to it but it's not as difficult as it

The third area of work is in Environmental Consultancy. Bord na

was for me when I began at Farm TV with little or no practical

Mona realised that many firms needed the sort of expertise its

experience behind me."

science department could offer. Consequently, it built up the divi-

makin g te l ev sion i

worki

FACTS @ a glance

sion which now has 30 people with a science background,

Battle of the Sciences...

including environmental scientists, hydro-geologists, analytical tory service, i.e. five laboratories each fitted with very sophisti-

% of Total Entries for the 1998 exhibition per category: Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Male 40% Female 17%

cated measuring equipment and home to 20 permanent analysts.

chemists, zoologists, botanists, etc., plus a I,000sq. metre labora-

Social & Behavioural Sciences Male 35 % Female 49%

Biological & Ecological Sciences Male 25% Female 34%

ELAINE STEPHEN General Manager of Europe Product Development at Lotus Development, Ireland. Elaine Stephen works for Lotus, the software company - a subsidiary of IBM - renowned the world over for its software products such as Lotus 123, Lotus Notes, Lotus SmartSuite. Europe Product Development, based in Dublin is responsible for 'localisation' of software (i.e. converting software developed for the U.S. market, translating it and making it appear more like a local product for the European market. Up to 17 languages are covered for the European market and

Elaine 's

role is

Development Director of Desktop Products. The people based in Ireland are technical/software/computer science type engineers who engineer the products so that they can be translated into whatever language is required. They will also modify or change the software if needed. Elaine points out that localisation is now a huge industry in Dublin which is now recognised as the localisation centre of the Western World with all the major computer software manufacturers having centres there. As a result there are big job opportunities in this area. Elaine joined Lotus in a management role and has been promoted through senior management to director status. Her career began in D.I.T., Kevin Street where she did a University of London Degree in Maths and Physics. After college she went straight into the field of software development but returned to College to do a Masters in Statistics and Operations Research.

ANN WESTBY Quality Assurance Manager, Nestle (Irl.) Ltd Ann Westby is responsible, from a quality aiii view, for two production units at Nestle (Irl).

:< point of

Her job spectrum is broad ; the term 'quality assure' encompasses everything from the visual aspect of the product, (in this instance taken to mean taste , ease of use, the packaging, even the price) right through to the invisible aspects i.e. the good nutritional quality of the product, its safety and also that it complies to any legal requirements. "Food safety and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) are today' s buzz words in the food industry.The safety of food produced is of prime importance in quality assurance," says Ann who is a member of a sub -committee for the new Food SafetyAuthority of Ireland. Raw materials coming in from other firms also come under the jurisdiction of Ann's team , as does the brewing of vinegar at the Tallaght plant. Another major consideration of her department is Quality Management Systems - at the moment both factories are accredited to the ISO 9002 management system - as are hygiene and housekeeping within the factories. Food Legislation takes up an amount of her time too . Keeping track of EU legislation she describes as ' a nightmare ' but she has found that co operation within the industry has been of enormous benefit. She specifically mentions her involvement with the Technical Group in IBEC who have people within the Food, Drink and Tobacco Federation who keep members 'informed of food issues and legislationThe Federation also

After this she worked for some time in statistical software development, including a stint in Germany, before joining Lotus seven

industry feels about particular issues , affording a direct link to

years ago. She describes her career path as'a gradual progression through software development onto various management roles: She emphasises that her field of work offered wonderful career opportunities but they are opportunities that women are not taking up... for reasons that she finds inexplicable. While she maintains that computer work is challenging and is not

Ann's background is unusual in that she has working life (30 years) in Nestle. She joined t Laboratory Assistant after leaving Secondai come u p through the ranks " the hard way" i.e. studying at night (she did Microbiology and Chemistry in DIT, Kevin Street) and

for those who don 't want change, the pluses outweigh the minuses.Yet Lotus receive 'relatively few women applicants' even though the company is an equal opportunities employer. Elaine

She is very involved with the Institute of Food, Science and

reckons that as few as 25% of the employees in the product

Technology (she is a Fellow and Past President of the Institute)

development division are female, reflecting the low level of appli-

and is a firm believer in networking which she feels is an essen-

cations from women.

tial part of problem solving. One of the big changes Ann notes

Elaine also stresses that it is not just technical skills that are valued in the computer industry. People from other disciplines will find job opportunities as easily as those with a computer

since starting out in the Food Industry is the openness with which people who have similar responsibilities in different companies help each other.

background... for example those with good communication skills. The computer industry is therefore open to those with analytical and good communication skills.

Chairman of the Society - a diverse group which is open to anyone involved with the food industry, irrespective of their qualifications or connection.

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(feather. And plenty of it. It e, therefore, that it was an Irishman who first came up ie notion of dividing wind into twelve different categories. it Francis Beaufort from Navan , whose surprisingly named lufort Scale" was based on the effects of the wind on a fully rigged - so while wind Force 1 moves the vessel slightly Force 12 A a tendency to make it disappear completely! aufort thought differently, he was different, use he was Irish. We have ways unlike other culture on the planet. We also g television station unlike any other

station dedicated to our view of the that looks at things in a different way and above all , like ourselves, uniquely Irish. nomom

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Which company introduced the first hard drive in 1956?

In what year did the Young Scientist Exhibition first open?

Who was last years Young Scientist of the Year?

What is the name of the Radio Station at the Esat Telecom Young Scientist and Technology exhibition?

In what month and year did the first man land on the moon?

Who is the Chairman of Esat Telecom?

In what denominations are Esat Calling Cards sold?

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Name one of the Sponsors of The Young Scientist Exhibition apart from Esat?

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Chemistry, Physical & Mathematical Sciences R o b ert S ynn ott Title : Pro g ramming the T1 graphics calculator and data acquisition Sutton Park School, St Fintans Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Anna Walshe DJ,1ID K ev i n McCormack Title : The continuous repeater

Calm Murphy Title: Domestic hydroelectricity Good Counsel College, New Ross, Co. Wexford Teacher: Mr. Mark McGinley Intermediate s in Gerard Sweeney Title: The workings of a computer uncovered Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone,

Stand : 14

Title : An investigation of Fibonacci numbers

Saint Gerards School, Thornhill Road, Co. Wicklow

Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Co. Louth

Teacher: Ms. Catherine Stapleton

Sand : 15 Anna Rolleston

Sand : 04

Sligo Grammar School, The Mall, Co. Sligo

Title The bin of the fizz

Teacher: Mr. P. H Rolleston

St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Teacher: Mrs. Joanne Doherty 7M, T;

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Stan d : 06 K a th y R ay Title : Lon g life?

St Enda's Community School, Kilmallock Road, Co. Limerick Teacher: Mr. Brendan Worsfold Stan d : 07 Ste p hen McGuinness

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B a lli n t eer C om munity School , Ballinteer, Co . Dublin

NPrH^

Niamh Vickers Title: How much energy are you wasting ? Dominican C o ll ege, Wi c klow Town , Co . Wicklow

St an d : 10 Darra g h Rogan Ti tle : Pa p erweight Scoil Mhuire Community School, Prosperous Road, Co. Kildare

Teac h er: Ms . Ann Hicke y Junior Sta nd : ll S tep h en H a rdiman Tit l e: Aff or d a bl e telesco p es- a liquid view Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. John Conway

Joe Fitzsimons Title: Low cost 3D scanners : virtual reality ? Belvedere College, 6 Great Denmark St, Co. Dublin i Teacher: Mr. Joseph F tzsimons

Adrian Rutledge Title: Weather or not... it's coming your way! Castleknock College, Castleknoc k , C o. D u blin Teacher: Dr. Peter Slevin

Junior

Fiona McKenna

Hugh Hurley, Conor Meehan Title: Modified water barometer

Title: Canal hydropower

Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh, Presentation

Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin

St Louis High School, Rathmines, Co. Dublin

Brothers, Co. Cork

Teacher: Ms. Sheila Porter

Daire Hickey, Paul Gleeson Title: The cleaning power of biodiesel Ballincollig Community School, Innishmore, Co. Cork leaches Mr. J 0 ' Connell

Teacher: Miss Laura Hanrahan

Teacher: Mr. Dan Sweeney

Stand :68 I= Sean 0' Connor, Harry Hand , David Hanratty

Stand : 79 John Treacy , Simon Cuddy , John Horgan Title: Plastic promises

Senior

Andrea Kelly, Hannah Flew, Emily Kearney Title: To sweat or not to sweat

Stand : 47 Senior Vincent Foley Title: Curve representation of digitised objects Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Sean Foley

Robert O 'Connor, David McPhillips

Title: A space odyssey

Title: Reducing pollution in Dublin by wind power

St Marys Diocesan School, Beamore Road, Co. Louth

Bushy Park Youth Club, Chestnut Lane, Co. Galway

Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Kevin Barber

Teacher Ms Justine Fox

Teacher: Mrs. Claire Cuddy

Sen i or Stan d : 48 Thomas Gernen Title: Geomorphology of river valleys in Louth

l Brian Lawford, John McCambridge , James O'Brien Title: The self-repairing wheel

[ Mark Ha ran, Edwa r d C a l vey, R o b ert H ea ly Title: Known or unknown St Marys Diocesan School, Beamore Road, Co.

Sand :80 B rona W a l s h e , Ai s li ng M u lh a i re, D en i se C a ff rey Title: Mimlcing phototaeis with electronics Ashbourne Community School, 1 Deerpark,

Louth

Co. Meath

Teacher: Mr. Declan Sheerin

Senior Stand :49 James Carton Title: To investigate whether water can power an

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Title: Computer networks

lutie Ann Louth Title: The piezoelectric effect Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park,

Rosary College, Armagh Road, Co. Dublin

Co. Dublin

engine

Teacher: Mr. Damienne Letmon

Saint Mary ' s CSB Secondary School, Mill Park Road, Co. Wexford Teacher: Mr. Kevin McClean

Junior mnnm Thomas Finnigan , David Sherman Title: 'C' Value Manniix College Charleville, Charleville, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Patricia Lyre

R7 Rachel Moloney, Orla McMahon, Sarah Donoghue Title: Water-V-Water Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Anne Marie Mee

Stand :71 Eimear Morris, Anne Moran

Stand :82 Cormac McGrath , Christopher Stapleton

Stand :27

t nermediate

Interme diate

Intermediate

Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh, Presentation

Colaiste Eon, Bothar Stigh Lorcan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Ciaran O'Cualain

Brothers, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Dan Sweeney Intermediate

Stand : 29 Paul Huberman Title: Magteck

St Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mrs. Anne Lynch Stand :30

Sand : 19 Louise Rainey Title: The life and times of a bubble Loreto College, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Teacher: Ms. Susan Kenny

intermediate

Brendan 0' teary

Title: Is actuated traffic the answer? Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Kenneth Griffin Title: The effect of hearing on musical preferences Drogheda Grammar School, Eden View, Co. Louth Teacher: Mr . Ronald Hancock Intermediate Stand : 22 Thomas Garvey Title: Drug danger in summer h ea t I Christian Brothers Grammar School, Kelvin Road,

Intermediate

Stand : 50

Senior

Paul O ' Sullivan

Teacher. Mr. T. Tierney

_ Russell D ' Regan Title: The plastic revolution Ennis Community College, Mill Rd., Co. Clare Teacher: Ms. Mary Masterson

Title: Hew stomach acids effect ingested objects

Title: Water, are we drinking poison?

Teacher: Ms. Helen Costelloe

St Malachy ' s College. 36 Antrim Road, Co. Antrim Teacher: Mr. B 0 Doherty

Teacher. Miss Shiela Porter

Juni o r Cormac Quigley, Simon Halpin Title: Solar powered domestic appliances Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Brian Wynne

Galen Mac Caba, Marcus Campbell, Mark Finlay Title: Mankind's future in space St Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mrs . Anne Lynch

Glenstal Abbey, Murree, Co. Limerick Teacher: Ms. Helen Costelloe

St Joseph ' s CBS, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Teacher: Miss Tim Collins Sand : 52 Senior Luke Curley Title: The home computer The Institute of Education, Fifth Form College,

Paul Kissick

Co. Wicklow Teacher: Ms . Mary 0' Sullivan

Title: Programming and robotics for primary schools

Title: Theoretical possibilities of space travel

Teacher: Mr. Matthew Burke

Stand : 84

Stand :43

Senior

Coleraine Academical Institution , Castlerock

Road, Co. Derry Teacher: Mr. Gareth Clarke

Michael Collins Title: The absolute cartes i an p l ane

Davis College, Mallow, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr . William Shannon F'ffi Stand :44 Oonegh Roche Title: Security for the windows operat i ng sys t em Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill , C o. C or k Teacher: Mr. Frank Cotter

Jun ior Matthew Morris, Daniel Nelson , Thomas Gaffney

Title: The future of mankind in space

Stand : 53

relation to the target Colaiste Bhride Carnew, Carnew, Co. Wicklow

Stand :73 Aaron Moore , Joseph McEvoy, Kevin McNally

Title: Teflon: does it bond to anything?

Senior

St Davids Co-Ed Secondary School, Kimberly Rd,

Brian McDonald Title: To determine the different pellet accuracy in

Stand : 83 Niki Puri, Joseph Thornton Title: King of the colas

Teacher: Miss Frances O'Regan

Shane Mulcahy

Peter Henry Title: Irish people and interne t c h a t

Interme di ate

Stand :72 Jun ior Daniel Roche , Jamie Fitzgerald , Connor Rooney Title: Cow pat power St Joseph ' s Communitity College, Kilkee, Co. Clare Teacher: Mrs. Angela Rahill

Stand : 51

Colaiste Choilm, Main Street , Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Teacher: Dr. Tony Murphy

Dunshaughlin Community College, Trim Road, Co. Meath Teacher: Mr. Dan Toole

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Teacher: Mr. Stephen Gibbons

O'Connell's Christian Brothers Sch, North Richmond St, Co. Dublin

Title: Hydropowered submarine

Convent of Mercy Roscommon, Convent Road, Co. Roscommon Teacher: Ms. Stella 0' Gara

Catholic University School, 89 Lower Leeson Street, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Tom Doyle

Co . Dublin

Intermediate

Title: Vorsprung durch technik- my eye!

Teacher: Mr. Brendan Worsfold

simulation Pobalscoll Rosmini, Gracepark Road, Co. Dublin

Group Projects Junior Stand : 54 Ruari Twomey, Gerard Ferde , Jonathan Clinton i Title: Wormholes-fact or f ction Nagle Community College, Mahon , Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Niall Brett

Muireann McGinty, Emma Clarke

Title: A musical journey from space to interface

Stand : 40 Colin Paul Gloster Title: Artificial intellingence and i n t e lli gence

Junior

Title: Mathematics of trees Our Lady ' s College, Greenhills, Co. Louth

Co. Limerick

Stand :42

Keith Rooney

= Emma Teixeira -Lynch, Laura Jones, Susan Jones Title: Round and round it goes and where it stops? Christ King Girl ' s Secondary School, South Douglas Road, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Pauline Shanahan Sand : 60

Title: Sprinting even faster

Stand :32 Intermediate

Intermediate

Bryan Foley Title: The millenium bug Intermediate School, Killorglin, Co. Kerry Teacher: Mr. Tim Lavery Stand : 31 Rowan 0 ' Driscoll

Senior PT^Ttnnll Barran Shortt Title: Limerick ' s little " Giant ' s C auseway " St Enda ' s Community School, Kilma ll oc k R oa d ,

intermediate

Teacher: Ms. Susan Kenny

Co. Tyrone Teacher: Mrs. Mary Devlin

Stand : 46

Senior Lisa Barley Title: The possible health risks of unleaded petrol Rosary College, Armagh Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Fergal 0 ' Neill

Teacher: Ms. Justine Fox

Title : Alzheimers - cabhair teicneolaiochta

Stand : 21

St Columb ' s College, Buncrana Road, Co. Derry Teacher: Mr. George Doherty

Teacher: Mr. Thomas Hughes

Title: Crashing statistics

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Title: Chemistry in the home

the R.S.A. Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co. Cork Teacher : Mr. Sean Fole y

Stand :77 = Sean McCabe , James Lynch Title: Fire from Ice St Oliver 's Community College, Rathmullen, Co. Louth Teacher: Mr. Norbert McCabe

Terenure College, Templeogue Road , Co. Dublin

Tadhg O'Broin

Stand : 20

Title: Cryptography - a new algorithm versus

Greenhills College, Limekiln Avenue, C o. D u bli n Teacher: Ms. Pauline Fay

Junio r Aoivean Brennan , Clara Byrne Title: White bricks ! Loreto College, St Stephen ' s Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Shiela Porter

Colaiste Ris, Chapel Street, Co. Louth

Sean O'Muiri

Sand : 18 Emma Harvey Title: Popcorn reborn

Title: Gypsum - a bric or a brack ?

Alex Muir, Paul Morrison , Coner Gallagher

Teacher: Mr. Sydney Peck

Teacher: Mr. Gerard Lynch

Intermediate

RAID

Suzanne Coogan Title: Science stop on the moon - fact or fiction Colaiste Bride, New Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mrs. Jacqueline Kendrick

Teacher: Mr. Fergal O'Neill

Teacher: Mr. Barry Walsh Stan d : 08 C o lum He garty Title: Fuels for the future S t B rogans C o lle g e , Bandon , Co . Cork Teacher: Miss Karen Keohane

Intermediate

Janice Conway

Loreto College, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Title: Telephone home link

Seamus Quinn Title: On a 'matter' of gravity Colaiste Mhicil C.B.S., Sexton Street, Co. Limerick Teacher: Mr. Declan Crotty

Sean McGowan Title: Computer programming studies Coolmine Community School, Coolmino, Co. Dublin

Sand : 17

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Intermediate

Seamus 0 Roideachain Titl e: M e ascain I Loch Chill Eoin Gael Colaiste An Chlar, Ennis, Co. Clare Teacher: Ms. Mary Masterson

Interme di ate

Intermediate

Title: A plug and appliance saftey tester

Charles Kenny

Title: Is there an optimal strategy in chess?

Intermediate

Title: Radioactivity elements in food

Teacher: Miss Frances O'Regan

Stand :24 Kevin Stacey

Stand :45 Sarah Flannery

E'ID[L

Daniel Munoz Honiball

I rene S an ds

Rosary College, Armagh Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Fergal 0 ' Neill

Joseph Byrne

Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

Teacher: Ms. Teresa Irwin

Teacher: Mr. George Asatu-Adjaye

earthquakes?

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Co. Sligo

Terenure College, Templeogue Road, Co. Dublin

Katriona Conway Title: Is there a correlation between sunspots and

Stand :62 Thomas Collier, Eoin 0 Carroll Title: Robocan 2000

Ju nior

Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Co. Limerick

Stand :64 Josie Carolan , Fiona Bardon Title: Mechanics and their hygiene Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. John Loughman

Junior

k^E1 lack McGlynn , Colin Prior Title: Catch a cloud St Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mrs. Anne Lynch

Junior

Colaiste losagain, Bothar Stigh Lorgan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Breda Ni Choisdealbha

Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin Teacher: Dr. Alison Graham I n ter mediate

Sarah-Jane Campbell , Caine iConway Loreto College, 53 St Stepehens Green, Co. Dublin

Stand 85 Intermediate Declan Cotter, Justin Lyons, Stephen 0 Sullivan Title: Scientific study of F. I design Tralee Community College, Clash, Co. Kerry Teacher. Mr. Maurice Sexton Stand : 86

Intermediate

Gary Mullen, Barry Rellis

Title: The solar buggy Scoil Mhuire Community School, Prosperous Road, Co. Kildare Teacher: Ms. Ann Hickey

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Stand : 65 Ailbhe Ni Ohalaigh Eimear Ni Dhiarmada Title: An misteir de dluth cheirnini

J un io r

Owen Sullivan , Wendy Mc Kenney Title: Future fuels: is pura pure?

Belvedere College, 6 Great Denmark St, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Jack Sullivan

Sand : 87 Susan Doyle, Pauline Walsh

Intermediate

Title: Orgonophosphates - acid or asset

St Brigid 's College, Callan, Co. Kilkenny Teacher: Miss James Comber

^^rdr^-r -,^rpsn^ Intermediate Sand :888 Aaron Hanway, Danny 0 ' Brien, Anthony Byrne Title: Is your home bugged? Avondale Community School, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Dara Ryle

Imermedkate Stand :99 Morgan Allen, Ross Cronin Title: The development of artificial intelligence Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Title: Are detergents effective at removing stains? Brigidane Secondary School, Mountrath, Co. Laois Teacher: Ms. Marie Doyle

Intermeediate Stand :100 Aisling Kelly, Jennifer Murphy, Niamh Hegarty Title: Bee's have it Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Co. Kilkenny

Teacher: Mr. Jim Murphy

Stand :122 Intermediate

Sand : Ill

Riona Murtagh , Sinead McGrath , Imelda Maguire Title: Lanesbore power station

Mercy Sec. School, Ballymahon, Co. Longford Teacher: Mr. Tony 0' Rourke

Social & Behavioural Sciences Individual Projects pffl^ Clara Murray

Title: A wright wing project

Brian Henry, Paul Burke

Loreto College, 53 St Stepehens Green, Co. Dublin

Title: How hot does it get ? De La Salle College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Teacher: Mr. Sylvester McEvoy

Co. Limerick Teacher: Mr. Brendan Worsfold

Intarra Blase Intermediate

Zarah Walsh , Aoife Curley, Tammy Cot Title: To "dye or not to dye" ?

Convent of Mercy Roscommon, Convent Road, Co. Roscommon Teacher. Ms. Stella 0' Gara Intermediate

Sarah Deeny, Denise Tynan

Title: A website for national schools Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Sheila Porter Intermediate Stand : 93 Conchuir Cuffe, Peadar 0' Coileain Title: Boron saor or eitleain Colaiste Eoin, Bothar Stigh Lorcan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Ciaran 0 Cualain Intermediate Stand : 94 Rory Murphy, Jim Crosbie Title: Making problems for swimmers St Peter's College, Summerhill, Co. Wexford Teacher: Mr. Jim Doyle

Intermedam Sand :102 Ailish Gavin , Emma Cahill, Karen limbs itle: Radon gas levels in our environment Sancta Maria College, Ballyroan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Martin Flynn Stand :103 Ashling Mackey, Emma Hogan Title: The sound of music Colaiste Lorcain, Castledermot, Co. Kildare Teacher: Mr. Sylvester McEvoy

Sand 96

Gererd Carton, Kevin Carr Title: See (better) above the crowd Colaiste Mhicil C.B.S., Sexton Street, Co. Limerick

Daithi MacSithigh itle: Talspeantais no n-eolalthe og [sat 1999 Colaiste Raithin, Bothar Florence, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Mr. Traolach O'Maolchathaigh

East Glendalough School, Station Road, Co. Wicklow

Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Caren McDonnell Stand: 134

Junior

MI r,ET

Hartstown CommunitySchool Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh, Presentation Brothers, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Dan Sweeney

Sand : 114 Karen Lynch , Jane Strong Title: Agrochemical residues in fruit Dundalk Grammar School, Dundalk, Co. Louth Teacher: Miss Stephanie Molloy Ledwith

Sand: 125

Title: Long term and short term memory

Celine Stacey, Audrey Graham Title: Splash - swimwear comparisons Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Rosaleen Martin

Caritas College, Drumfinn Road, Co. Dublin

Title: The right move

Title: The factors that affect the charging of

Co. Dublin

the raindrops

Teacher: Mr. Joe Kelly

Largy College, Roslea Road, Co. Monagha Teacher: Mr. Seamus Roche

said: Tay

Stand : 116

Teacher: Ms. Kay Quinn

Senior

Stand: 126

Senior

Scariff Community College, Scariff, Co. Clare Teacher: Miss T J O'Halloran

Teacher: Ms. Anna Gibbons

Sand : 136 Junior Fionnuala Gibney Title: Evolution of the turing test Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Co. Louth Teacher Miss Frances O'Regan

Jn^J1x^1 i„(lir^la Ulmedina Fazlic Title: Bosnian refugees in Dublin Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

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Title: High heels- pain or pleasure?

Title: How healthy are our pets?

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cesgrave

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Title: P.M.S and exam performance

Title: Recharging dry cells

CBS Secondary School, Thurles, Co. Tipperary Teacher: Mr. Anthony Condron

Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Co. Louth Teacher: Miss Martina Coyle

Co. Wexford

Senior

Teacher: Miss Louise Murphy

Senior Stand :128 David Bracken , Derek O'Boyle Title: Material comparison between designer labels and home brands

Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Co. Louth Teacher: Miss Geraldine Mulvihill Senior

John Marshall, Paul Chandler

Colaiste Dhulaigh, Barryscourt Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Mary Ward Senior

James Dollard, David Keating

Teacher: Mr. Frank Cotter

Catriona Carrig , Lisa Smyth, Aisling Owens Title: Seaweed energy for the future

Title: The new millenium - time added on?

St Joseph's Presentation College, Lucan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Margaret Wyer

St Paul's Secondary School, Menastereuin,

Co. Kildare Teacher: Mr. Seamus Ferry

Ashling McNabb Title: The garden of Ireland versus a dump

Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Stand :129 Andrew Gibson, David Trethowan , Declan Bradley Title: Fast reaction kinetics using I.T Methodist College Belfast,1 Malone Road, Co. Antrim Teacher: Or. B Wheeler

Title: Statistical analysis of betting result Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill, Co. Cork

Noirin Pllunkett Title: Musicality and balance- is there a link St Andrews College, Booterstown Avenue, Co . Dublin Teacher: Mr. William Hehir

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Title: Pocket beeper alarm system

Sand : 120 Senior Raymond McNamara , Barry Walsh, Steven 0' Rourke

Intermediate

St Louis High School, Rathmines, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. B Kinsella

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Spawell Road,

Senior Sand 130 Gary O'Connor, Alex McAllister , Michael Butler Title: Beam robots St Oliver's Community College, Rathmullen, Co. Louth Teacher: Mr. John Halpin

t fi i7_m 17 Cliona Be Roiste Title: The effects of M.E on teenagers and their social status Colaiste no Co'uibe, Bothar Thuama, Co. Galway Teacher: Ms. Moirin Nic Fhlannchadha

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Lillian Ni Mheachair

Title: Suicides Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath Teacher: Miss Celine Nutley

Title: Rothaithe oga - fadhb no reitheach faidhbe TPRM

Teacher: Miss Breda Ni Choisdealbha

Aidan Byrne

S.:.a;roh

Title: The measure of duck, hen and turkey growth Colaiste Bhrtde Carnew, Carnew, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Mr. Matthew Burke

Sean Murphy Title: Can we read our science books? St Brogans College, Bandon, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Liz Moynihan

Co. Limerick

Deirdre O'Leary, Helen O'Keffe Title: Racism - can tolerance be taught? Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork

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Amy Brennan Title: A comparative study of ISL, gestures and spoken English St Mary's Holy Faith School, Holy Faith Convent, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Anne Seagrave

a 11MRMNIWk_4V ""'T r, Clare Boylan Title: Colourblindness and its relation to gender conditioning Colaiste Ris, Chapel Street, Co. Louth

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Simon Sherrywood , Gordon Finney itle: Advertising with a sweet tooth East Glendalough School, Station Road, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Aurelia Grogan f`

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Nicole Daly, Eimear 0 ' Neill, Aimee Farrelly

Title: Sensitivity to animals Castleknock Community College, Carpenterstown, Co. Dublin

Teacher: Ms. Barbra Larkin

Teacher: Mr. Sydney Peck

;insl^C Mairead 0' Connell

Colaiste losagain, Bothar Stigh Lorgan, Co. Dublin

St Enda's Community School, Kiilmallock Road,

Teaches Miss Karen Daly

Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Co. Louth

Title: Accents and their origins

Nicola Cooney, Dominie Prodger, Kara 0' Sullivan Title. Teen Scene Limerick

a;ur

Teacher: Miss Frances O'Regan

Stand. 109

Title: Diabetics - its a sugar call

Louise Breen Title: A study of traffic flow patterns in Drogheda

Senior

Angelina Cullen Title Gridlock Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Damienne Letmon

David Reen

Theresa Murphy , Niamh O ' Connor

Sandi108 Cyril Be Faoffe , Frederica Be Faoite Title: The solution to pollution Colaiste Raithin, Bothar Florence, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Ms. Maura Ni Nuanain

St Marys Diocesan School, Beamore Road, Co. Louth Teacher: Ms. Justine Fox

Carol Eager

Stand :127

Stand : 1 99

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Michael Lyons, Ian Doonan, James McHugh

Teacher: Mr. Brendan Worsfold

Title: Slimeocity

Teacher: Ms. Rose Breslin

Community School, Knock Road, Go. Mayo

William O'Regan Title: Establishing the distribution of mobile phones Scholl Community College, Calla Road, Co. Cork

Aoife Dillon, Anne Marie Campbell

Stand: 107 Dermot Looney, Conor Fitzgerald Title: The breathalyser test Greenhills College, Limekiln Avenue, Co. Dublin

Title: Science and religion - exploring the links

Luke Boland Title: Migration

Barry Condron , Mark Condron

St Aloysius College, Deer Park, Co. WestMeath

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitrmaurice

Teacher: Ms. Mary Reaney

-0 C^CLiM Niamh Appleby

Kevin Keaney, Christopher Coleman, Colman 0' Brien Title: Investigation of air pollutions

Eimear Morris, Margaret Murphy, Laura Jordan

Louise Dunne Senior

.- I _ Kane Murray, Gemma O ' Halloran Title: Mop it up!

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Title: Facial attraction

Title: Swimming pool hygiene

Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

Lorcan Kelly, Matthew O'Neill

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Alex Chavanne

Teacher: Ms Rosaleen Martin

Teacher: Mr. Sydney Peck

Philip Creaner Title: Young peoples attitudes towards travellers Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Group Projects

tT`^'iTHi^ ,y Ciaran 0 Loughlin Title: Techno thickos?

Teacher: Mr. John O'Sullivan

St Benildus' College, Upper Kilmacud Road,

Teacher: Mr. Ciaran 0 Cualain

Intermediate Stand : 98 Goretti Lynch , Dawn Prendergast, Carol Ryan Title: Twisters Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath Teacher: Miss Celine Nutley

model cars

Aidan Hoey , Patrick 0' Mara, Derek Malone

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Colaiste Eoin, Bothar Stigh Lorcan, Co. Dublin

Stand: 124 James Gardiner, Damien McCrink Title: Aerodynamic problems studied through

sand i 104 Stephen Redmond , Conor Doyle , Denis Mcauliffe Title: Dynamics and dynamos

Teacher: Mr. Declan Crotty

Intermediate Stand 97 Ciaran 0 Murchu , Jonathan O' Muircheartaigh Title: Luas smacaithe

Kim Carton Title: Epilepsy-the hidden story Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Helen May

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Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Sand : 1118

Intermediate

i 4SYrC'TI Natasha Reynolds

Colaiste Ris, Chapel Street, Co. Louth

Teacher: Mr. Bill Kearney

Wexford Teacher: Miss Mary Pilkington

Teacher-Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

Barris Vocational School, Co Carlow, Co. Carlow

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Sand :106 Eimear Cannery, Monica Anglim Title: The bag for you Our Lady of Lourdes Sec. School, Rosbercon, Co.

Senior Stand : 113 Gary Ryan, Edward Stapleton , John Dalton Title: Radiation! it affects us all

k.- " Inl U717Jennifer Smith Title: Affecting adolescent ambition St Nessan's Community College, Moylish, Co. Limerick Teacher: Mr. Desmond Fry

Teacher Ms. Elva Miller

David Ryan

Teacher: Ms. Maria 0' Carroll

Intermediate

WA N Lorraine McCarthy Title: Teenagers and occupational stereotyping by gender Schull Community College, Calla Road, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Claire McCarthy

Title: STOPS: would you fly in this plane?

Title: Breakfast challenge

Jane Ferry. Suzie Hayes, Leah Joly

Teacher: Miss Shiela Porter

Senior

Fergal Reid, Aidan Clarke , Shane Molloy Title: Security in information technology Mercy Secondary School Ballymahon, Ballymahon, Co. Longford

Senior

Troy Edwards, Michael Gallagher Title: Web 2000 Stratford College, 1 Zion Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Deirdre Doogue Stand :123 Billy Fitzpatrick , Damien Smyth Title: Automatic inefficiency detector in a refrigerator Colaiste Lorcain, Castledermot, Co. Kildare

Stand : 101

Stand : 132

Teacher: Mr. Tony 0' Rourke

Sand : 112

Intermediate Stand : 90 Aidan Byrne, Shane Bourke Title: More bounce to the ounce St Enda's Community School, Kilmallock Road,

Stand :92

Senior Sand : 121 Ross Jenkinson , Aidan O'Kelly Title: Computer security Abbey Community College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Teacher: Ms. Deirdre Knox

Intermediate Stand : 89 Jill Culliton, Elaine Haslam , Nicola Croke

Stand : 91

Intermediate Stand : 110 Roisin Phelan , Margaret Walshe, Eimear 0 ' Connor Title: Powder power Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy,

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Damian 0 Gacithin

Criostoir MacOubhaill

Rachel Timmons, Rebecca Moffat Title: Alternative medicine

Title: Gaeilge na hArdteiste - ceard e an todhchai di?

Castleknock Community College, Carpenterstown,

Kilkenny College, Castlecomer Road, Co. Kilkenny Teacher: Ms. Elbhlin Ni Ghiobu'm

Co. Dublin Teacher. Ms. Barbra Larkin

Laura Larkin Title: Deaf access at third level

Laura Evans, Sarah Laird Title: The Milk-y Way!!

Our Lady's Secondary School, Castleblayney,

East Glendalough School, Station Road, Co. Wicklow

Co. Monaghan Teacher: Miss Mary Geraghty

Teacher: Miss Aurelia Grogan

Title: Between the lines

Colaiste Pobail, Rath Cairn, Co. Meath

Stand: 131 Mary Malone, Anna Duffy, Claire Sheridan

Eadaoin Ni Sheaghdha

Title: Isn't your smile worth your while?

Title: Can I come in ?

Loreto College, Cavan, Co. Cavan

Manor House School, Watermill Road, Co. Dublin

Teacher: Miss Mags Amend

Teacher: Miss Moira Lawless

Teacher: Mr. Micheal Browne

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Ciaran Kelly Title: Possible effects of new institute of technology Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitrmaurice

Aisling Hynes, Michelle Hynes , Lisa Hynes Title: Cultural evolution Vocational School, Athenry. Co. Galway Teacher: Mr. Seamus Hynes

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Stand :176 r Lisa Sheeran , Angela Galvin , Alma Elstone

Dora O'Loghlin , James Quinn, Ruben O'Brien

Title : Substance abuse

Title. Underage smoking - is it a growing problem?

Tullamore College , Riverside, Co. Offaly

Enhistymon Christian Brothers School, Ennistymon, Co. Clare

Teacher, Mr. Denis Magner

Kate Slattery, Ciara Coffey Title: Memory check Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Helen May

Teacher: Mrs . Mary Lyons

Aisling McNamee , Jennifer Dunne Title: TV versus homework Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Sheila Porter ,

Reuben Dover, Eoghan Ryan

Maria O'Keeffe, Caroline Walshe, Anita Neary

Mary Parsons, Sinead Fleming

Aisling Collinge, Maeve Hughes

Title: Problem child

Tile Wheelchair users, facilitated or alienated

Title: Back breakers!

Title: Be a S port

Abbey Community College, Wicklow Town,

St. Brigids College, Callan, Co. Kilkenny

Patrician College, Ballyfin, Co. Laois

St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin

Co. Wicklow

Teacher: Miss Emily Doyle

Teacher: Miss Mary Gannon

Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Donna Kearney, Lisa Kearney, Raechel Campbell Title: Double trouble!

Caroline Rocks, Claire O'Mahony, Orla Thornton Title: Dying to drive St Louis Secondary School, Castletown Road,

St Louis Secondary School, Castletown Road,

Co. Louth

Caroline Dunne , Veronica McCormack Ti tl e: C r i mewa t c h Patrician College, Ballyfin, Co. Laois Teacher: Miss Mary Gannon

Heywood Community School, Heywood, Co. Laois Teacher. Mr. Kevin Dunphy

Co. Louth

Teacher: Miss Siobhan Greer Jennifer Mulcahy, Dearbhla McGrath , Sarah Kearney Ttl i e. Housework- who does it? Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Sean Rtzmaurice

Naomi 0' Connell, Kate 0' Connell Title: The schoolbag problem Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Lisdoonvama, Co. Clare Teacher: Mr. John Sims

Teacher: Mr. Jim Murphy

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Stand: 177 St ep h en Do y le , Donal Kane , Mark Cannon Ti tle : Focus on teeth of 10-14 year olds . Dunshaughlin Community College, Trim Road,

Co. Meath Teacher: Mr. Dan Toole StaPid:179 Kevin Masse y, Eoin Bradley , Mark Byrne Title : Health y living for 12-14 year olds Dunshaughlin Community College, Trim Road. Co. Meath

Alicia Brady, Lynne Brady, Julie-Anne Hanley

Sinead Monaghan , Rhona Mc Gi nn , Ali x R eyno lds

Susan Brodigan , Jennifer Brodigan Title The sense of being stared at

Title: Don't be a lazy bones!

Title: A teenage girl's perception of her size

Mount Sackville Secondary School, Chapelizod.

Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Co. Louth

Co. Dublin

Our Lady's School, Clermont, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Ms. Erika Cowley

Teacher: Miss Frances O'Regan

Teacher: Ms. Jennifer Simmons

Teacher, Miss Siobhan Greer

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James Smith, Kenneth McKeown

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Aorfe 0' Driscoll, Robyn Ferris Title: CRASH!

Lisa Lyons , Mairead McNulty, John Sheehan

Lorraine Sheedy, Nicola Brennan

Title: The emigration sensat i on

Fiona Kinsella , Niamh Farrell

Title: Fries n'pies no more in Oranmore

Title.. A study of speed on our roads.

St Marys Diocesan School, Beamore Road, Co. Louth

Title: Are you a victim of "the grinds"?

Colafste Raithin, Bothar Florence, Co. Wicklow

Calasantlus College. Oranmore, Co. Galway

Colaiste Mulre, Harmony Row, Co. Clare Teacher: Miss Colette Redington

Teacher: Ms. Justine Fox

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

Teacher: Ms. Maura Ni Nuanain

Teac her: Mr . Thomas Ly nch

Emma Stanley, Jenny Murphy, Karen Scully Title: A study of the level of drug abuse in our area

Junior

Stand : 256

Teacher Ms. Geraldine Horgan Kerri Porter, Kirsty Doyle

Clare Marie Salley , Elaine Whelan

Jeanine Ryan, Emily Harrold , Ruth Tevlin

Title: What are you like ?

David Tuite , Daire Reilly, Neil McCabe Title: Technological advances since the 2nd World

unw Stand :179 Jim Barrett , Steven 0' Neill , Brian Clifford

Paul Kelly, Martin Black Title: Illegal narcotics St Marys Diocesan School, Beamore Road, Co. Louth

Title: Phone frenzy!

Patrician College, Ballyfin, Co. Laois

War

level students.

Title: Left handed versus right handed

Title: How pure is bottled water? Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

St Marys Diocesan School, Beamore Road, Co. Louth

Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Co. Dublin

Teacher: Miss Mary Gannon

Title : Fluoridation - a kick in the teeth Glanmhe Community College , Brooklodge, Co. Cork

Teacher: Ms. Justine Fox

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Teacher: Ms. Justine Fox

Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Edel Maher, Sharon Ryan, Shane Conlon Title: Are we aware of the effects of smoking? Patrician College, Ballyfm, Co. Laois

Emma Ruth, Triona Ryan, Maria Ryan Title. ' MAD ' mental arithmetic decline, fact or fiction?

Teacher: Miss Mary Gannon

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Granges Road,

Teacher: Miss Caroline Ryan

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M o i re S p illane , Yvonne Malone , Marion Horgan

Title: Creating natures own perfume

Aaron Purcell, Aldan Corrigan , Brian Loughlin Title: Our sensitive eyes!

Title. Stressful students

Christ King Girl's Secondary School, South

Franciscan College, Gormanstan. Co. Meath

Ballincolllg Community School, Innishmore, Co. Cork

Douglas Road. Co. Cork

Teacher: Fr. Declan Timmons

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Stand :181

Maria 0' Driscoll, Lorna Mahony

Clonakilt y Community College , Clonakilty , Co. Cork Teac h er: Miss Marian O'Leary

Douglas Road, Co. Cork

Ttl i e: Cents not p ence

Grainne Dowling , Grace Gannon Title: Food glorious food - the effects Colaiste Lorrain, Castledermot, Co. Kildare Teacher:Mr Sylvester McEvoy

Jennifer Byrne , Fiona Geaney , Nicola Mulcahy

Teac h er: M s. Therese Power

Sarah Skehan , Olivia Ryan, Stephen Ryan Title: Energy awareness - do they really know St Annes Community College, Killalce, Co. Clare

St Andrews College, Booterstown Avenue, Co. Dublin

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Brian Murphy , Eugene Ginnane, Anne 0' Donoghue tâ&#x20AC;˘;;izr

Aislin g Walshe , Ciamh McCrory

David Cooke , Timothy O'Donovan, Mark O'Brien Title: The celtic mayhem

Title : S p ot on

Clonakilty Community College, Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Patrician College , Ballyfin , Co. Laois

Teacher: Miss Marian O'Leary

Teacher: Mr . B Kinsella

Title: Parental involvement in primary education

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

Tara Byrne , Rosin Gavin

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Kieran Harvey , Joanne McMahon, Kirsty Talty

Title:: Teenage image: does it effect your health? St Joseph's Cammunitity College. Kllkee, Co. Clare Teacher: Mrs. Angela Rahill

Adam O'Brien , David Nolan , Tony Larsen Title: The impact of the weight of our schoolbags on our bodies. Ballincolllg Community School, Innishmore, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Lola Hegarty

3P_t'"B4A Paula McSweeney, Siobhan Grace, Lorraine Blackmore Title: Is your school bag a pain in the neck? Spoil Mhuire, Greenhill, Co. Tipperary Teacher: Ms. Jane Wallace

Amie Healy, Eilish Prendergast

Title: Road carnage: what drivers say. Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Sr. Peter Fahy tirM9,"_ Aldan O ' Sullivan , James Neill

Title: The influences of low fat processed

branded foods Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Edel Rowley

Ids 4i4 Helen McEvoy, Mairead Shore Title: A lifetimes pastimes FCJ Secondary School, Bunclody, Co. Wexford Teacher: Mr. Michael Dalton PL-TVIDIE RM Natasha Bagnall , Ann-Marie Rooney Title: Is Ireland's health on the decrease? Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin Teacher: MT . Damienne Letmon

Caroline Lynch, Marie Davis , Marie Considine Title: Attitudes in Ennis - refugee town

Spoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Ennlstymon, Co. Clare

Teacher: Mrs. Anne Lynch

Sadhbh Roebuck , Bronagh Scannell , Laura Meade Titl e: Le t s ea t Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin

Leona McEvoy, Donna McKeon , Donna McGill

Caroline Barry, Orla Twomey

Title: Life on a tread

Title: The food we eat - nutritious or is it?

Crana College, Crana Road, Co. Donegal Teacher: Mr. Daniel McConnellogue

Spoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Ennlstymon, Co. Clare

Title: A.D.D - who know, who cares ? Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Richel Long

Teacher: Miss Brid Ronan

Teacher: Miss Gretta Burchill

Title Paper- waste not, want not I

Stephen Kerin, Seamus Baldrick, Catherine McLaughlin

Mary Cooney, Emer 0' Neill, Michelle Duggan

Catriona Gill, Grace Buckley i and insulation Title: Effects on modern heat ng on people ' s health Mercy Heights Secondary School, Skibbereen, Co . Cork

Teacher: Mr. John Loughman

Teacher: Miss Brid Ronan

Title: Phobias : fact or fiction St Michaels College, Aileshury Road, Co. Dublin

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Teacher: Mr. William Hehir

Title: Teena g e drug abuse St Louis Hi g h School , Rathmines . Co . Dublin

Merrigan, Sarah Daly, Aaile O ' Rourke

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Owen Collins , Eamonn Leahy Title: The profile of a typical teenage smoker Glanmire Community College, Brooklodge, Co. Cork Teacher: Fr. Brendan Walsh

Ch r i s ti a n Brothers School , Abbey Town , Co . Roscommon Teacher: Mr. John Cogiber

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St Mary ' s Convent Of Mercy, Chapel Hill, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Mary Philpott

Teacher: Mr. Inion Ni Cathain

Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Sheila Porter

Title: Experiments: do they really work?

of chemistry

i alive Title: Bra ns

Title: It's a milk thing 1

Title: Com p uter games: a help ore hinderance

Maria Cahill, Anita Murphy

Colafste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Kieran Shanahan

Title: Recycling l Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr, Damienne Letmon

B a lli nco lll g C o mmunity School , Innishmore , Co . Cork Teacher : Mr . John 0' Connell

Mark Hennigan , Brian Brennan , Tomas Gannon

Jason Nichol, Jason Byrne Title: The effectlvness of I.T on the teaching

Dominican College , Wicklow Town , Co . Wicklow Teacher. Miss Aoife Dunne

road traffic accidents

Sbilifid Andrew 0' Connor, James Broadhead

Bronagh 0 ' Neill, Nuala Rooney Title: Healthy foods and junk foods St Joseph's Presentation College, Lucan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Margaret Wyer

Teacher: Miss Audrey Barnett

Glanm!re Community College, Brooklodge, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Brendan Walsh

J ess i ca Trayn or, Caroline Cowan , Julia MacConville

Murkiness Park College, Donnybrook, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Caroline Ryan

Colaiste l osagain. B o th a r Sti g h Lor g an , Co . Dublin

Clare Fitzsimons, Darina Flynn , Jill O'Reilly

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Title: Computer crash, 2000

Ben Mulcaire , Padhraig 0 ' Donoghue Title: Tienchar ag an " Information Age " an Inis Gael Colaiste An Chlar, Ennis, Co. Clare Teacher: Ms. Mary Masterson

Jacqueline Carolan , Rachel Thomas

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Stan d .: 186

Teacher: Miss Helen Renehan Ciara Spain, Alice Shackleton, Raisin O'Brolchain

Title: Damaging influences on the eye

Title : Lunar p hases and the effects they have on

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Co . Kilkenny

East Glendalough School, Station Road, Co. Wicklow

Title: The effects of peer pressure

Teacher: Miss Mary Gannon

Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Ennisstymon, Co. Clare Teacher: Ms. Deirdre Flynn

Title: An bhfuil gaol din alzimers agus geineolaiocht

Stand 183 Darra g h Hor gan , Garry Keane

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Our Lady of Mercy College, Beaumont, Co. Dublin

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Title, Alternatives to supermarket packaging

Jennifer Long , Antoinette Buckley, Bryan O' Connor

Junioor

Title: The effect the junior cent has on third

Martha Edwards, Aisling Reynolds, Brid White Title: Pierced for life?

Moire Be Poor, Amie Ni Heidhin

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Teacher: Mr. Sean Hartigan

Stand: 184

Sarah Pritchard, Rosemary Mulligan Title: Don't dump here in three mile water East Glendalough School, Station Road, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Audrey Barnett

Amanda Sutton , Suzanne Connolly

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Ti tl e: Ch e win g g um - a sticky situation Gl amn i re C o mmunity Colle g e , Brooklodge , Co . Cork

Title: Are you what you wear?

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Teacher: Ms. Pauline Shanahan

Sand :183

Flte^l if Loreana Rushe , Maria Coyle , Hilary Taylor

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OT, 9RO-) Linda Madden , Kim Virgo , Orla 0' Shea Title: Chew it don't glue it Christ King Girl's Secondary School, South

J ames Kin g ston , Gerard McCarthy , Alan Mulligan

^itl 1Z Katie Farrell , Grace Byrne Title: Horse saftey Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Aoife Dunne

Teacher: Ms. Siobhan Conroy

Teacher: Ms. Pauline Shanahan

T eac h e r : Ms . Kathleen Kelly

Michelle Hagerty, Emer Cosgrove

Teacher: Ms. Call 0 ' Byrne Stan d : 180

Anne Brennan , Claire Fitzpatrick, Catriona Whelan

Caritas College, Drumfion Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Jennifer Deegan

Lorraine Long , Edel O ' Gorman Title: The influence of brand names on

William Morton , Richard Chandley , Alan Mooney Title: Tell us apart?

consumer choice Our Lady of Lourdes Sec. School, Resbercon, Co. Wexford

Patricia Butler, Michelle Cronin , Anita White

Christian Brothers School, James Street, Co. Kilkenny

Teacher: Miss Mary Pllkington

Title: Why is yawning contagious ?

Teacher: Ms. Geraldine Slattery

Stand: 240

Barry Maxwell , Brian Hannon

Scoil Mhuire, Greenhill, Co. Tipperary

Title: Walkerans, can they damage your hearing?

Teacher. Ms. Jane Wallace

Junior

Mary Donnellan , Ciara Dunbar

St Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Co. Dublin

Keith 0' Sullivan , Dora McDermott,

Title:: Our rural environment - economics or

Teacher: Mrs. Anne Lynch

Barry Faulkner

conservation Gorey Community College, Esmonde St, Co. Wexford

Nicola Longo , Brid Lange Title: Drugs - know the score

Spoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Ennlstymon, Co. Clare Teacher Ms. Deirdre Flynn

Title: Child's play St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Teacher Miss Marie Travers

, 263 ill?.:9ALV. Stephen Knox, Kevin Jacob Title: The effects of smoking on the body St Kieran's College, Callan Road, Co. Kilkenny Teacher: Ms. Maureen Meaney

Sinead O'Sullivan , Ellen Gilmore, Sorcha 0 ' Sullivan

Felicity Hanrahan , Kate Freyne , Ann Gorman

Title: Our Connemara pony

Title: Organics- for better or for worse

Cllfden Community School, Cllfden, Co. Galway

St Brigid's College, Callan, Co. Kilkenny Teacher: Miss Emily Doyle

Stand : 263

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Teacher: Miss Regina Morahan

SmFrd.330 Orlaith Wynne, Emma Celohan, Marie Dooley Title: The human criminal Scoil Chriost Ri, Presentation Secondary School, Co. Laois Teacher: Mr. Paul Wright

Orla Lavelle , Bryan McMahon , Do nal Mangan Title: The working smoker St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

tgtgrinedte Garry Sisk, Adrian Duffy, Killian 0' Neill Title: Attitudes to genetic engineering Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Surd x331 [ Deidre Walsh , Evelyn Curry, Breda Cushen Title: Beware ! wells disease - it's a killer St Brigid's College, Callan, Co. Kilkenny Teacher: Miss Brigid Knox

I !FL Laura Mulvihill , Erika McDermot, Avril 0' Neill

"friraxe Edel Ni Dhuibhir, Michelle Ni Bheimis Title: Chromium in our diet Gaelcholaiste Choilm, Baile an Chollaigh, Co. Cork

Natalie Hopkins, Meabh Whelan itle: Salt in a teenage diet St Dominic's High School, Santa Sabina, Co. Dublin

Denis Tuohy, Calmin Dooley

Michael Hanley, Stephen Hynes , John Neale Title: Screen violence

Sarah McCann, Riona McMorrow, Orla O'Shea Title: Falling numbers in science - fact or fiction? Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy, Co. Kilkenny

Title: A comparative study of awareness of saftey

St Michaels College, Aileshury Road, Co. Dublin

Teacher: Ms. Deirdre Knox

Teacher: Ms. Lisa Crowe

Teacher: Ms. Bernadette O'Dwyer

Scarift Community College, Scariff, Co. Clare

Andrea Cullen, Lisa McDonald Title: The blind rejection

Intermediate Stand : 3 10 Niamh McGann, Alex Murphy, Ronan Cassidy Title: The highs and lows of air pollution St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin

Oir Stihd:333 inmmnoduw sue:' .. Aimee Deaton , Tanya Walsh Marie Cuddy, Orla Creaton , Elaine Costelloe Title: Does advertising cosmetics pay off? Title: Women v's technology Muckross Park College, Donnybrook, Co. Dublin St Joseph's College, Summerhill , Co, WestMeath

Yvonne Kavanagh , Lorraine Smyth

Annette Cregan , Michelle Doherty, Triona Wade

Title: Irish TV -what's the story ?

Title.. Science subjects at leaving cert-science

Title: Lifestyles and asthma - is there a connection?

Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park,

v's points ?

St Marys Secondary School, Newport, Co. Tipperary

Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Damienne Letmon

Community School, Esmonde St, Co. Wexford Teacher: Ms. Marie Travers

Teacher: Mr. Michael Lenihan

Katie Sexton , Nina Acosta

Niamh 0' Sullivan , Hannah Collins

Title: Listen and learn

Title: To breastfeed or not to breastfeed

Aoife Finneran , Sandra Lennon , Deidre Finneran Title: Gone with the fairies St Joseph's College, Summerhill, Co. Roscommon

Our Lady of Mercy College, Beaumont, Co. Dublin

Mercy Heights Secondary School, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Teacher: Miss Mary Cronin

Teacher: Miss Deirdre Doyle

Teacher: Miss Gretta Burchlll

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Surd ,266 Elaine Hourihan , Louise Waste , Elaine Winning

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Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork

Micheal Mulcahy, Anthony 0 ' Keeffe , Ivor Guiney Title: Our urban heritage- To list or delist Colaiste Choilm, Maim Street, Co. Cork

Teacher Ms. Norma 0' Keefte

Teacher: Miss Doornail Fleming

Title Residential choice and population change

Avondale Community School. Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow

Teacher: Mr. MMarcus Cosgrave

Teacher: Ms. Mary Cronin

Teacher. Miss Dorothy Stephenson

St Mary's Holy Faith School, Holy Faith Convent, Co. Dublin

Louise Nolan , Susan Gray, Sadhb McKenna

Title. The elements effecting sleeping patterns Rathdown School, Upper Glenageary Rd, Co. Dublin Teacher. Ms.. 0' Hea

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EAk'i Richard 0' Neill, Eoin Sweeney Title: Study of ciotogs (left handedness)

Teacher: Ms. D Lalor

Aisling Margaret Fallon, Sheena Mary Hanley, Claire Teresa Connaughton

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Georgina Gallagher, Aoife Hughes Title: Genetically altered food St Joseph's College, Summerhill, Co. Roscommon Teacher: Miss Bernie Murray

Teacher: Miss Sheila Porter Intermediate

Aisling Hume , Ailish Newell Title: The effect of colouring your hair Scoil Chriost Ri, Presentation Secondary School, Co. Laois Teacher: Ms. Geraldine Canty

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Title: Dreams

Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath Teacher: Ms. Marion Brennan

in farming

Teacher. Miss T J O'Halloran

Teacher: Miss Dara Ryle

Karen O'Connor, Sandra Boland

v„T Ann Desmond , Leah Kenny Title: Alcohol, a teenage problem

Mairead 0' Sullivan

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Danny Norton , Simon Norton

KyrmKevin Murphy, David Gibson, David Allen Title: Effects of advertising

Title: The closure of Ballincollig barracks Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Title: The GAR in Laois

St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin

Title: Media models

Goad Counsel College. New Ross, Co. Wexford

Brendan MacGabhann , Sean McErlean

Patrician Colege, Ballyfin. Co. Laois Teacher: Miss Mary Gannon

Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Convent of Mercy Roscommon, Convent Road, Co. Roscommon Teacher: Ms. Stella 0' Gara

Teacher Mr Micheal 0' Neill

Title: Psychological and physiological effects of aural

Elizabeth 0 ' Donovan , Siobhan Rochford,

Sarah Finnegan , Claire Slevin , Michelle Slevin

Stdrnd 4300

Teacher: Mrs. Anne Lynch

Sharon Somani , Carla Flanagan , Olwen Smith Title: Star signs - Are they true? Loreto College, 53 St. Stephan's, Co. Dublin

Stand 289

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Edelle Gately, Ethna McDermott, Sinead Connaughton Title: Baby blues Convent of Mercy Roscommon, Convent Road, Co. Roscommon Teacher: Ms. Stella 0' Gara

Hannah Moore , Vivienne Lavin , Mairin Carroll

of Conor McHugh , Aine Caldwell , Deirdre Kelly Title: Operation safer farm Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon Teacher: Mr. Michael Morahan

` `•„ ,G^^r^it^1 a?1F&TF] Mary Sunderland , Lynne Rochfort , Olivia Donnelly Title: The side effects of food St Mary's Holy Faith School, Holy Faith Convent, Co. Dublin Teacher: Dr. Una O'Shea

Stand

Title: AID's and HIV:attitudes and perceptions

Tracey Collins, Kristel Connaughton , Sarah Wasser Title: Surfing the net- can you do it?

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;ice ir 41',.: 77,17 i 'm' VW Niamh Skelly, Suzanne Waine , Brona Maher

stimulation on the cognitive abilities of adolescents

St Malachy's College, 36 Antrim Road, Co. Antrim

Jay p Conal MacSeain , Barrach MacGiolla

Teacher: Mr. B 0 Doherty

Title: Gaelscoileanna vs english speaking schools

Anna Harrison , Stephanie B ' Keeffe,

Caritas College, Drumfinn Road, Co. Dublin

Ruth Allen, Deirdre Lenehan, Rosemary Ryan

Title, Obsessive compulsive behaviour

Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath

Brenda McManus

Teacher: Miss Jennifer Deegan

Title: Food poisoning - food for thought

St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin

Siobhan 0 ' Connor, Niamh Fallon, Annette Fallon

Gairniscoil Chu Uladh, Beal an Atha Moir,

Teacher: Miss Celine Nutley

Title: Bob while you shop St Dominic's High School, Santa Sabina, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss E Murray, McGowan

St Joseph's College, Summerhill, Co. WestMeath Teacher: Ms. Mary Cronin

Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Title: A nutritional study on today's adolescent's eating habits St Joseph's College, Summerhill, Co. Roscommon Teacher: Miss Bernie Murray

Co. Donegal Teacher: Ms. Fiona ni Chnaimhsi

Marie Glavin , Susan Long, Amy Walsh Title: Smile-You' re under investigation Colalste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork

" pdTii Claire Brennan , Elaine Kenny

Teacher: Mr. K. Shanahan

Rachael Gunning, Sarah Kerrigan , Caroline Mercer u

Title: Pros and cons of the calculator Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath

Grainne Keating , Oria Davy

Teacher: Miss Celine Nutley

Title: Rights for young people?

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Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Mary Buttlmer

Gemma Collins , Aoife Rafferty , Maeve Ward

Teacher: Ms. Mary Cronin

Title: Dreams: secret language of life

Scoil Mhuire, Clochar Na Trocaire, Co. Cork

St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Teacher: Ms. Kathryn McSweeney

Brian 0' Connell, John Boylan, Eain Coyle Title Galway traffic: give the bike a chance!

Deirbhle 0 ' Reilly, Emma Kennedy

Title: The future of science in our schools Loreto Secondary School, Vevay Road, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Ms. Jennifer McArdle

Ann McCarrick, Carmel McCarrick Title: Sounds serious St. Josephs College, Summerhill, Co. Roscommon

[f ZY44 Kim Garlane , Michelle Glynn , Samantha French Title: The people's politicians

Annaghdown Cycling Club, 25 Beach Court, Co. Galway Teacher: Ms. Maire 0' Bruin

Caritas College, Drumfinn Road, Co. Dublin

Stand 271

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Teacher: Ms. Catherine Turley

Richard 0 ' Mahony, Clara Burnell

Aoife Treacy, Marian Walsh Title; The detrimental effects of traffic congestion

Stand;. Jill Donavan, Claire Roche

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Deidre Rice , Danielle Gray

St Brigid's College, Callan, Co. Kilkenny

Title: Teenagers attitudes towards eating disorders

Teacher: Miss Emily Doyle

Caritas College, Dmmfinn Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Catherine Turley

Title: Leaving cert subjects- who's choosing what

Teacher: Miss Brid Ronan

Title: Na eifeachtai souse cam ar dhaoine

St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk, Co. Louth Teacher: Miss Siobhain Greer

Anne Naughton , Sinead Henry Title: Metal in the hole

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Brian Mongey, Conor Foley, Aidan Meagher

Caritas College, Drumfinn Road, Co. Dublin

Title: The smoking generation St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Teacher: Miss Jennifer Deegan

Sinead McGuinness , Anna Dargan Title: Room to relax

Jayne Gaffney, Maire Lyons, Audrey Bishop

Sean Cassidy, Brian Kearns Title: Concentrating on colour Christian Brothers Grammar School, Kelvin Road,

taking physics( chemistry at senior level

Maeve Purcell , Lydia Monds

Dominican College, 38 Fortwilliam Park, Co. Antrim

Title: Appearances

Co. Tyrone

Colaiste Bride, New Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Anne Smyth

Title. Deaf technology in a hearing world

Teacher: Ms. Patricia Quinn

St Mac Daras C.C., Dublin 6W, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Marcus Cosgrave

Teacher: Mrs. Mary Devlin

Teacher: Ms. Mary Creane

Teacher: Mr. Len Lowther

St Joseph's College, Summerhill, Co. WestMeath

Scoil Chriost Ri, Presentation Secondary School,

St Joseph's Presentation College , Lucan , Co. Dublin

Title: The effects of advertising on young people

Teacher. Ms. Mary Cronin

Title: Are you clueless?

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Teacher: Ms. Imelda McCarthy Manning

Sinead Hanlon , Karen Fealy, Dara Curtis

kJI 12, ru r Abigail Rooney, Eimear Daly Title: Wheel appeal Loreto Secondary School, Vevay Road, Co. Wicklow

Lynn Kavanagh , Stacy Kenny

Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Sheila Quinn

Sinead Ni Thiomanai , Maria Ni Fhathartaigh, Hilary Ni Mhaidin Title: Left is best - let science tell the rest! Gaelcholaiste Choilm, Bade an Chollaigh, Co. Cork

Title: Motorway madness

Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Ennisstymon, Co. Clare

__'13 Tr. Lisa Bolger, Mandy Carpenter, Amy Leonard Title: Brain strain-junior certificate stress Teacher: Miss Jennifer Deegan

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eating habits St Joseph's Presentation College, Lucan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Mary Creane

Martha O ' Brien, Nessa Darcy, Ciara O ' Loughlin Michelle Cullen , Aisling Cotter, Suzanne Reagan

Ciara Byrne , Sasha Delaney Title: Survey of students in Clondalkin area,

Maeve O'Riordan, Suzanne Malone , Rhona O'Kelly Title:: Genetically modified foods Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Jean Browne

Louise Cahill, Erica Clarke, Susanne Nesbitt Title: Attitudes towards teenage pregnancies Caritas College, Drumfinn Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Catherine Turley

Title: Teenage girls: nutritional awareness and

Zoe Dillon , Laura Diver Title: The colour of your mind Presentation Secondary School, Terenure Park, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Damienne Letmon

Title: Underage drinking in a small rural town

and why

Co. Laois Teacher: Miss Majella Dempsey

ur ^17,M ,03 Sandra Mullane , Breda Forrest, Darina Connolly Title: Spilling the genes Scoil Mhuire, Clochar Na Trocaire, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Kathryn McSweeney

Teacher: Mr. Sean Boland

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Title. Boys performing badly?

Colalste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Pat Kinsella

Melanie Connor, Briana Hegarty, Sinead Tully Title: Operation deceleration Convent of Mercy Roscommon, Convent Road, Co. Roscommon

uWf, r.. Geraldine 0 Callaghan, Emer Dineen , Hiall 0' Keeffe Title: Fighting dieting

Title: Sabhaileacht sa gharaiste

t!9 Caroline Dixon , Deirdre Flynn Title: Muti-media: lungs, go up in smoke ! Scoil Mhuire Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath Teacher: Ms. Marion Brennan

Colalste Pobail Osrai, Bothar Urmhumhan, Co. Kilkenny Teacher: Ms. Siobhan Ni Chearuil ^yllry Pamela Lafferty, Sibhan Mullins

Title: Home ownership? affordable? Ennis Community College, Mill Rd., Co. Clare Tomas MacRiocaird , Eoin O'Conchuir, Tomas

Sarah Blanc , Ana Rosa De Eizaguirre Title: Hair- why do we care? Newtown School, Waterford, Co. Waterford Teacher: Mr. Alan Pim

Sean MacLiam , Philip 0 Cleirigh

Teacher: Peadar McNamara

MacEoin, Title: Coras Trachta i mBaile Atha Cliath Colaiste Mhuire, Cearnog Pharnell, Co. Dublin Teacher, Mr. Tomas O'Murchu

Title: Food for thought

Sind 1340

Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Bernard Carr

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Marguerite 0' Callaghan , Zoe Kelly

Rhian Fitzgerald , Elaine Dewhurst

Alice Byrne , Angela Byrne , Christina Agnew Title: What do young people read?

Title: Foodborne diseases- are you at risk ? Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Co. Cork

St Louis Secondary School Dundalk, Co. Louth

Teacher: Miss Mary Cowhrg

Teacher: Miss Siobhain Greer

k=arse

Rachel Cooney, Kerry Spencer, Melissa Lynch Title: Liberties litter let down Liberties Vocational School, Bull Alley Street, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Cathy Barry

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Stand :352 Chris Erin , David 0' Connor, Alex Wilmer Title : Can ener gy drinks pass your exams? St Andrews College , Booterstown Avenue , Co . Dublin Teacher Mr . William Hehir

Stand -. 333 Louise Walsh , Niamh Byrne

Senior

Title : Generations of multiple birth St Mary's Holy Faith School , Holy Faith Convent ,

Co . Dublin Teacher: Ms . Helen Conroy

Kevin O 'Toole, Andrew Kavanagh Title: Effects of Celtic tiger - urban/ rural comparison Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

Niall Sherlock

Title: A study of Irish garden birds Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Rosaleen Martin

Senior

Stand : 364 Rory McTague , David Long

David Griffiths

Title: Television viewership and television violence

Title: Handedness and eye/ear use ?

Hartstown Community School, Clonsllla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mr. Sean Fitzmaurice

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

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Intermediate Stand : 384 Carol Delaney Title: A study of the effect of water pollution on plant growth Scoil Chriost Ri, Presentation Secondary School, Co. Laois

Stand :394 Finbarr Tarrant Title: Poison from the tap - another side to flouride Intermediate School, Killorglin, Co. Kerry Teacher: Mr. Joe Griffin

Teacher: Miss Majella Dempsey

Stand :395 David Folan

Intermediate fir 85 lames Tallon Title: The zebra mussel, a recently introduced pest St Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Mrs. Anne Lynch

Dara O'Hogain , Oliver Mannion

James Ryan

Title: Oideachais To Gaeilge

Title: Air quality in Kilcoole

Title: If you don't like coming down , don't get

St Davids Co-Ed Secondary School, Kimberly Rd,

Hugh Tobin

high in the first place

Colaiste Pobail Osrai, Bothar Urmhumhan, Co. Kilkenny

Co. Wicklow

Title: Trout flies for angling

Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla , Co . Dublin

Teacher: Ms. Siobhan Ni Chearuil

Teacher: Ms. Mary 0' Sullivan

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Darius McGann , Declan Kelly, David Brennan Title: The power of the human dream St Oliver's Community College, Rathmullen, Co. Louth

Carol Murtagh , Claire Caverly Title: T. V learning Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla , Co. Dublin

Teacher: Mr. P McDonnell

CrX! David M. O ' Doherty Title: Plant adaption to hydroponics

J_M .M

Louise Acheson , Ashleigh 0' Connor , Sonya Lynam Title: Traffic - students and the "cyclelogical" barrier

Colaiste Bride , New Road , Co . Dublin Teacher : Ms . Marie-Therese Kilmartin

Biological & Ecological Sciences Individual Projects ,iur PRIMM Catriona 0 ' Donnell Title: Salt. the hidden enemy Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin

Stand :3668

Co . Clare Teacher: Mr. John Sims

Rachel Ashe , Jennifer Hagerty, Maire Lundy Title: Comparison between Irish and American teenagers Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla , Co. Dublin Teacher : Mr . Sean Fitzmaurice

Marc Doyle , Ciaran 0 ' Callaghan Title : www . learnin g. ie? Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla , Co. Dublin Teacher : Mr . Sean Fitzmaurice L .. Rebecca Owens , Claire Sherwin , Marie 0' Reilly Title : Findin g fort y winks

Standi :369 2 Niamh McKeown Title: Starfish predators of shellfish Salerno Secondary School, Threadneedle Road, Co . Galway Teacher: Ms . Carmel Donlon Stand: 370

Junior

Title: Sunshine in Ireland and skin cancer

Ursullne Convent Secondary School, Thurles, Co . Tipperary Teacher: Ms . Marion Kelleher

Teacher: Ms, Kay Quinn

Teacher: Mr. Sean Hartigan

Intermediate

Suzanne Lyons Title: Extraction of DNA from preserved flatworms

Niamh Byrne, Clara Lee Title: Deodorants friend or foe?

Alan McGrath , Roy Byrne , Lee Doyle Title: Is the Suir a sewer? Central Technical College, Raheen Road,

Co. Meath

Co. Tipperary

Teacher Ms. Erika Dowley

Teacher: Mr. Tom McCloughlin

Teacher: Mr. Tom Treacy

Senior ,394 Nicola Cunningham Title: Water quality in the River Liffey St Joseph's Presentation College, Lucan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Sonya Hickey

Stand :. 399 all Paul Sweeney Title: Hydration practices in sport Pabal Scoil Gaoth Dobhair, Doirf Beaga P.0, Co. Donegal Teacher: Mr. Micheal 0 Giobuin

Dearhhail Bannigan Title: Natural remedies for head lice Our Lady's School, Clermont, Co. Wicklow

€ Paul Wycherely

Teacher: Mr. Matthew Burke

Title: Ragwort control in Ireland and Australia

Stand :400

Christian Brother's College, Sidney Hill, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Frank Cotter

Robert Eoin Jones , Ronan Hannan Title: Garden Spiders: A wide world of webs Sutton Park School, St Fintans Road Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Anna Walshe

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Title: Measuring carcase quality in beef Colaiste Bhrtde Carnew, Carnew, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Mr. Matthew Burke

Stand : _2181 Conor 0 ' Sullivan

Colaiste Ris, Chapel Street, Co. Louth

St Colman's Community College, Midleton, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Frank Halbert

Dominican College Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow

Title: Earthworms are fussy eaters

Our Ladies Grove, Goastown Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Susan 0' Hara

Clare Kelly

_Nnior Ian Campbell, Tim Maloney, Richard Pellecchio

Title: Cleaning agents and sinks

Title. Feeding habits of selected wild birds

Manor House School,Watermlll Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Moira Lawless

Colaiste Ris, Chapel Street, Co. Louth Teacher: Mr. Sydney Pec k

Junior Erina Fox, Aoibheann Murray Title: What's under your nails ?

Sand : 431 Cahil McCarthy, Fergal McDowell

TIM

Title: Eyesight problems in second level school students

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Colaiste Ris, Chapel Street, Co. Louth

Helen Brennan , Aimee Byrne Title: Psocids - the mini mystery Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin Teacher Ms. Sheila Porter

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Teacher: Mr. Sydney Peck

717. M . Aileen Ni Chaoimh , Aeite Ni Laoide Title: Scrudu baol slainte poibll i lion snamha aitiuil

Srtu d w432

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Colaiste losagain, Bolhw Sligh Iorgan, Co. Dublin

Sutton Park School, St Fintans Road, Co. Dublin

Brenda 0 ' Sullivan, Lisa Ouirke , Kelly Anne Kelleher Title: Irish farmhorses & hounds

Teacher: Miss Breda N: Choisdealbha

Teacher: Ms. Anna Walshe

Junior

Stand :433 Gerard Healy, Billy 0 Sullivan

Title: Agricultural value of manures

Title: Aerial dust particles

Schull Community College, Colla Road. Co. Cork

St Colman's Community College, Midleton, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Frank Halbert

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11,5

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Title: Extend ng i food life

Damien Jermyn, Bernard 0 ' Sullivan

Tralee Community College. Clash, Co. Kerry

Teacher: Mr. Maurice Sexton

Junior

Louise Fitzgerald , Donal Skehan, Simon Hayes

Aaife Murray, Clodagh Naughton Title: Extending the shelf life of perishable foods

Teacher: Ms. Kay Quinn

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

_ Yvonne Scanlon , Andrea D ' Regan,

Eoghan Harrington

Teacher: Mr. Brendan Worsfold

itle: Storage effects on potatoes for processing

Colette Rosiengrave

Title: Pathogenic bacteria on public phones

St Patrick's Classical School, Moatlands, Co. Meath Teacher: Ms. M Luddy

Title: Why can't everyone sing 7 Ennis Community College, Mill Rd., Co. Clare Teacher: Ms. Mary Masterson

St Joseph ' s Secondary School, Rock Square, Co. Mayo Teacher: Miss Trudy O'Byrne

Teacher: Miss Helen May

Title: A quantitative analysis of pollution in the

Stand :402

Jonathan Kearney, Jean Noonan Title: Antifoulants and marine life Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork

Broadmeadow River

Julie Murphy, Orla Fitzpatrick

Teacher: Mr. Micheal Neaves

Ashbourne Community School, 1 Deerpark, Co. Meath

Title: Limpets on a shore in Doolin

Teacher: Mr. Tom McCloughlin

Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare

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Senior

David Duff

Sant*t

Claire Kilmartin

Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork

Teacher: Miss Colette Redington

kid :403

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Eimear McCarthy, Kathryn Prendergast Title: Decomposition in coniferous and deciduous woodland soils Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Joan Faherty

Stand :434 Catherine Diskin, Karen Calvey

unior Stand :435 Veronica McInerney, Mary Fingleton , Kate Lynch Cillian Duffy, Stephen Blaides Title: The effect of certain variables on plant

Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Teacher: Mr. John Sims

Title: The secret powers of Llsdoon mineral water Colaiste Muire, Harmony Row, Co. Clare

Teacher Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

Stand :430 Katherine Morgan, Leanne Power, Elaine McNeela

Co. Limerick

Title: Waste management: the healthier alternatives

Patrick Murphy

Teacher: Mr. Sydney Peck

Stand : 401 junior Robert Rooney, Ronan Mac A T'Saeir,

junior

711En7 Stand :429 Charlene Doman , Clare Nash , Shauna Ward Title: Schoolbags and problems St Mary ' s Secondary School, Farad Drive, Co. Deny Teacher: Mr. Kevin Cooley

Brendan Murnane Title: Smoking and pregnancy St Enda's Community School, Kilmallock Road,

Title: Slug free zone

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Title: Microhabltats and niches in a pond Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Nicky Grennan

Group Projects

Anthony Gahan

Catriona Burke

Teacher: Miss Aoife Dunne

Soifer

Title: Effect of depth on potato in bulk storage Colaiste Bhrtde Carnew, Carnew, Co. Wicklow

, Junto'

Gerard McCoy, Ciaran Gaynor itle: Spiders and their webs

Teacher: Miss Louise Murphy

Stand A" Seftr, Audrey Duffy itle: Extraction of chloroplast DNA in seaweed Ashbourne Community School,1 Deerpark,

Scholl Community College, Colla Road, Co. Cork

Teacher. Ms. Colette Higgins

Title: Seaweed in exposed and sheltered locations

Our Lady of Mercy College , Beaumont , Co. Dublin

Teacher: Ms. Rosaleen Martin

St Armes Community College Killaloe, Co. Clare

Teacher: Ms. Mary English

Teacher: Mr. Tom McCloughlin

Stand; 37.1 Ingrid Walsh

Teacher : Miss Deirdre Doyle

Stand :383 Brid McLoughlin , Deirdre Berry, Emma Collum Title: Homophobia Hartstown Community School , Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Cork

Brothers, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Dan Sweeney

Co. Wexford

Jane Conway

Stand : 372

Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh, Presentation

Deirdre Dononoe

Stand :428 Zara Kennedy, Aoibhinn Clinton Our Lady ' s College, Greenhills, Co. Louth Teacher: Mr. James Montgomery

Co. Dublin

Douglas Road, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms . Pauline Shanahan

Manor House School, Watermlll Road, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Moira Lawless

Title: An investigation of cut flowers

Co. Meath

Title: The relationship between fruit size and leaf size in sloes Mary Immaculate Secon d ary S c h oo l , Li s d oonvar na ,

Title: Bacteria in water and sinks

Title: A prickly problem for paracentrotus !

Loreto Convent Secondary School, Spawell Road,

Our Lady of Lourdes Sec . School , Rosbercon , Co . Wexford Teacher: Miss Mary Pilkington

Junior

TIM Stand :427 Linda Barry, Ciara Long , Christine Woods

Aisling 0 Sullivan, Deirdre Nolan, Joanna Nelson

unior

itle: How sensitive is your nose?

GAL

Doireann Lordan, Lorraine Mooney, Karen Gaynor Title: A study of bacteria on phones Ballincollig Community School, innishmore, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Lola Hegarty

I)^i Nicole McCotter, Emma Clydesdale , Mairead Bell Title: Why do leaves change colour? Dominican College, 38 Fortwilliam Park, Co. Antrim Teacher: Ms. Patricia Quinn

Aldan Cloonan , John Hickey, Patrick Aherne Title: Zebra mussels - friend or foe ?

Notre Dame Des Missions, Upr Churchtown Rd,

Eoin Plunkett Title: A study on fast food companies St Andrews College, Booterstawn Avenue, Co. Dublin Teacher. Mr William Hehir

junior

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'mod " tom`

Ashbourne Community School, / Deerpark,

Christ King Girl's Secondary School, South

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Bernadette Agnew, Ruth Connolly, Emma Connolly Title: Twigs in action St Louis Secondary School, Castletown Road, Co. Louth Teacher: Miss Siobhan Greer

Title: Household moulds- innocent or guilty ?

Brid Doherty

Fionntan 0 Cuill Title : Ceelas Colaiste Mhuire , Cearnog Pharnell , Co . Dublin Teacher: Mr . Tomas O'Murchu

Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal Teacher: Miss Caroline Feeney

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Teacher: Mr. Kevin Barber

Title: Radio - as we hear it!

Ciaran 0 Maoileidigh , Sean 0 Heachthiarna,

Title: Wild Mushroom Hydnum Repandum

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Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Co. Dublin

Clara Deasy

Senior

Stand : 3'07,

Teacher: Ms . Sheila Porter

nd Lisa Walsh , bode Reville

Sibtt'd.

Stand : 387 Anne- Maire Cox

Teacher: Ms. Rosaleen Martin

stand : , Z56 ,

Teacher: Ms. Mary Reddy

&and:4!15 Eadaoin 0 Cathain , Sara Jane Ni Ghabhainn, Victoria Ni Chleirigh Title: Ni ualach an leinn, no an ea ? Gaelcholalste Cheatharlach, Eosca, Co. Carlow Teacher: Ms. Seosaimhin Ni Fhatharta

Karl Power Title: Penicillin Revitalised Beara Community School, Castletownbare, Co.

Intermediate

'n4 : 386 .

Teac h er: M s . R osa l een M arti n

Saand .,355

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Sadhh Ni Hogain, Mary-Liz Mahony Title: An evaluation of phosphates in washing detergents Manor House School, Watermill Road, Co. Dublin

Stand :39d

Laura Dal y, Eimear Morressey , Barbara Smith

Stand:354

Stand ,404

Siohhan Coffey, Michelle Crean Title: Vitamin C content of fruit juices Manor House School, Watermill Road, Co. Dublin

tissue culture

Teacher: Miss Moira Lawless

Teacher: Ms. Mary 0' Sullivan

St Davids Co-Ed Secondary School, Kimberly Rd, Co. Wicklow

Title: Energy beverages: beneficial characteristics

Colaiste Lorcain, Castledermot, Co. Kildare Teacher: Mr Sylvester McEvoy Stand :436 Conor Morrissey, Niall 0 ' Farrell

unior

Title: Preventing injuries in young tennis players

junior

nM'fiG l Suzanne Slattery, Rebecca Headon , Katy Moylan

Jane Dunne , Susan McNamara

Title: Folic acid in food

Title: The storage of citrus fruit juices

Ursuline Convent Secondary School, Thurles,

Our Lady ' s School, Clermont, Co. Wicklow

Co. Tipperary

Teacher: Ms. Erika Dowley

Teacher: Ms. Catherine 0 ' Connor

Dominican College, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Teacher: Mr. . Gavin

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Stand :438

tand :468

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William Byrne , Enda 0' Rourke Title: Varroa mite in bee populations Newbridge College, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Teacher: Mr. Gerry Gavin

Dearbhall 0 ' Driscoll, Elaine Kehily

Julie Murtagh, Margaret Etherson

Title: How to dispose of biodegradable

Title: Pollution in the River Liffey

domestic waste Mercy Heights Secondary School, Skibbereen, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Gretta Burchill

St Joseph's Presentation College, Lucan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. . Cannon Stand :459

Intermediate

Shane Casey, Kieran 0 ' Halloran

Stand : 448

Title: Variations in the population structure of the

Nicola Byrne , Lynn Roche Title: The true effect of disinfectants

common periwinkle

Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare

I ntermediate

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Teacher: Miss Aoife Dunne

Teacher: Mr. John Sims

intermediate tand : 44V Katherine Cregg, Sarah Doyle

Stand : 478

Manus De Barra , Edward Abrahamson, Thomas Ward Title: Vegetricity Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin Teacher: Dr. Alison Graham

Title: Are nitrous oxides in the air damaging our lungs? Laurel Hill Secondary School, Laurel Hill, Co. Limerick

Intermediate

Christine McCrudden , Caitriona Lagan Title: Parasites and propulsion or when the experts get it wrong

Aquinas Diocesan Grammar, 518 Ravenhill Road, Co. Antrim Teacher: Dr. Joseph Rea

Senior

Aisling Fitzpatrick, Ailish Hanley

Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Smith Stan' : 469

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Stand :479 Katie Moynihan , Kathleen Lynch

Senior

St Mary's Secondary School, Convent of Mercy, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Mary Philpott

Senior

Title: The hygiene of hand-drying

Title: A comparison of DNA from molluscs

Dominican College, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Title: A microbiological analysis of Bundoran's

Fiona Kennedy, Pauline Blee Title: Removal of dye by yeast cells

in Malahide

Teacher: Miss Helen May

bathing waters

Convent Grammer School Strabane, Curley Hill,

Title: Adaptation of Elodea to varying environ-

Bundoran V.E.C. School, Shell Ave., Co. Donegal

Co. Tyrone Teacher: Ms. Christine Bradley

mental conditions Sutton Park School, St Fintans Road, Co- Dublin Teacher: Ms. Anna Walshe

nternrediate

Ashbourne Community School, I Deerpark, Co. Meath Teacher: Mr. Tom McCloughlin

Stand : 480 Gabriel Dietz, Joshua Bietz

Senior

Intermediate tan d : Ao0e Ni Chinneide , Eileen Whooley, Aideen Jennings

Interrine late tand :461 Rebecca Nugent , Clare Donnelly Title: A study of the Ballinderry River

Mark Hegarty, Catherine Kelleher, Elaine Cronin

Stand : 481

Title: The investigation of wildlife in evergreen forests

Co. Louth

Dean Brian Maguirc High School, Termon Road,

Title: Oestregen in the environment: are we aware?

Marie Forkin , Emma Johnston , Carol 0' Brien

Mercy Heights Secondary School, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Teacher: Miss Siobhan Greer

Co. Tyrone Teacher: Miss Terry McCann

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

Title: The prevalence of hearing loss amongst

Intermediate i?Lgf1 L Nigel 0 iarnaigh , Da0hi O'Faolain , Sean De Buillear Title: Comparaid idir glasrai organach agus gnath glasrai Colaiste Pobail Osrai, Bothar Urmhumhan, Co. Kilkenny

Sinead Murray, Charlotte Miller, Miriam King Title: Shelf-life of brown soda bread Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Miss Fiona O'Sullivan

ntermediate X44 Elaine 0' Brien, Rian 0' Dwyer Title: How hard is plaque to remove ?

Colaiste Choilm, Main Street, Co. Cork Teacher: Ms. Aideen Daly

Intermediate tand Eavan McSweeney, Clara Stack , Michelle Murray Title: The energetics of the tadpole shrimp Loreto College, 53 St Stepehens Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Shiela Porter end :452

Intermediate

Ireland to win Young Scientist of the Year (1974).

Battle of the Sexes... Since 1965, 14,316 girls versus 8,944 boys have participated. At the 1998 event , 439 female students participated compared to 252 male students.

Battle of the Counties... Only 17 counties have had winners. Dublin has won the Young Scientists Award 12 times with the last time being in 1992.

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The first female winner was Mary Finn from the Ursuline Convent, Sligo (1966).

57% of overall winners to date have been male , 43% female.

Eve Campbell, Sarah Coyne Title: Micro-organisms in school St Louis Secondary School, Castletown Road,

Teacher: Ms. Ann Weldon

The first ever winner of the Young Scientist Exhibition was John Monaghan from Newbridge

Richard Elliot, from Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, was the first student from Northern

Title: Methane levels from domestic livestock

tand Michelle Condron , Elaine Doran, Andrea McGowan

Stand : 439 Karl Donner, Sean Begley

Victors... College, Co. Kildare (1965).

riot

Evelyn Bolger, Johanna Cherrabi Title: Bacterial counts on money Loreto Convent Secondary School, Spawell Road, Co. Wexford Teacher: Miss Mary Riordan

FACTS @ a glans

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Senior

students Sacred Heart Secondary School, College St, Co. Donegal Teacher: Ms. Maria Tansey

Regional breakdown... Ulster has had five winners - Fermanagh, Antrim, Monaghan, Derry and Down. Munster had had three winners - Limerick, Cork and Tipperary. Leinster has had eight winners - Kildare, Dublin, Longford, Westmeath, Wexford, Meath, Offaly and Laois. Connacht has produced one winner - Sligo.

Stand :482

Senior

Hilary Phelan, Kate 0' Brien Title: Fluorescent sheep markings

Good Sports...

Scoil Mhuire Community School, Prosperous

Counties which have to win the coveted title are: Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Donegal,

Catherine Byrne, Caroline Kavanagh

Title: Blessington Lake

Noreen Lacey, Caroline Banahan , Fiona Boland

Road. Co. Kildare

Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Lough, Mayo, Roscommon, Tyrone, Waterford & Wicklow.

Title: Yogurts as an anti-scour Colaiste Bhrtde Carnew, Carnew, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Mr. Matthew Burke

Loreto College, 53 St Stephen's Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Sheila Porter

Title: The nightmare of the garden - vine weevil

Teacher: Mr. John Reidy

Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy, Co. Kilkenny . ..... Teacher: Ms. Joan Cashin

Stand : 483 Senlcn David 0' Driscoll, Alan Cramer, Stephen Flanagan

Caoimhe Hartley, Victoria Mannion

ntermediate tan d : Sarah Leonard , Rebecca Whelan Title: The anti-bacterial qualities of spice Dominican College. Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow

Amy Barton , Claudine Ashe

Title: Environmental danger: earthworm S.O.S St Mary's High School, Upper Chapel St, Co. Down Teacher: Ms. Brid Crumlish

Teacher: Ms. Siobhan Ni Chearuil

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Brianna Ni Chathmhaoil, Michael O'Dulchaointigh , Emma Ni Longain Title: Eifeacht an zebra mussel ar organaigh lochs eireannach Colaiste Pobail Osrai, Bothar Urmhumhan,

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George Thurlow, Michelle Byrne, Alison Peate Title: Economic benefits of Ireland's nettles Colaiste Dhulaigh, Barryscourt Road, Co. Dublin

Co. Kilkenny

Teacher: Ms. Siobhan Ni Chearuil

Teacher: Miss Aoife Dunne

Teacher: Ms. Grace Keane

Jennifer Scott , Lisa Winning Title: Analysis of the conditions affecting hair strength Convent Grammer School Strabane, Curley Hill,

Niamh 0' Higgins , Nicola Young , Grainne Walsh Title: Ecological study of Kilkenny's Grand Canal Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy, Co. Kilkenny

Orla O'Donnell , Louise Comerford, Aine Kavanagh Title: Asthma - is it on your head? Loreto College, 53 St Stepehens Green, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Shiela Porter

Teacher: Ms. Deirdre Knox Intermediate

Co, Tyrone

Stand : 46

Teacher: Mrs. Siobhan Quinn

Aoife Doran , Nicole Howe , Susan Furness

und :445

I ntermediate

Brian Farrelly, Barry O'Reilly Title Internal parasites of Irish-reared American bison Ashboume Community School, I Deerpark, Co. Meath Teacher: Ms. I Hughes

Aine 0' Connell , Kealan Allen, Lynn Naughton Title: EM radiation and living matter Colaiste Muire, Cobh, Co. Cork Teacher: Mr. Fergus 0' Brien

Fiona Byrne, Jennifer McLoughlin, Deborah Carroll

Title: Na coillte- spruce or not?

Title: A study of facial products

ntermediate to Kim Byrne , Ann-Marie Doyle, Celine Kenny

St Columba ' s College, Drumboe Avenue, Co. Donegal

Caritas College, Drumtinn Road, Co. Dublin

Title: Quality of organic foods

Teacher: Ms. Michelle 0' Neill

Avondale Community School, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow Teacher: Miss Dara Ryle

Teacher: Miss Jennifer Deegan

Contest each time they participated: in fact Ireland won 12 top awards in the twelve years

Teacher: Ms. Olive Sexton

it competed.

5enior Stand :484 Una Hannon, Emer Diamond , Connie 0' Driscoll

Philips European Contest in Madrid and won - she was the first ever Irish Young Scientist to

Title: Bacteria from throat swabs

win such an award.

In 1976, the Young Scientist winner Mary Kelly (from Castleblayney, Monaghan) entered the

Grace O'Connor and Sinead Finn from the Ursuline Convent in Thurles were the first Irish

Padhraic Kennedy, Paul Moore, Pauric McCormac Title: The canal as an amenity

Teacher: Miss Regina Morahan

girls to win joint first prize in the Philips European Contest.

St Joseph's Academy, De La Salle Brothers,

Co. Kildare

Stand :485 Senior Clara Greenan , Julie Ellison , Karen McCloskey

Science & Engineering Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her entry was one of only 13 Grand

Teacher: Mr. Brian McGrath

Title: Heavy metal Ions in plants

awards out of 600 projects.

for

Senior tand Yvonne Snow, Jacqueline 0 ' Connell Title: Seaweed - the source of future antibiotics? Laurel Hill Secondary School, Laurel Hill, Co. Limerick Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Smith

Intermediate arr tan Charlene McGowan , Mairead Byrne, Jodi Meenan

Irish Young Scientist Award winners dominated the winners list of the Philips European

St Francis' Capuchin College, Rochestown, Co. Cork

Clifden Community School, Clifden, Co. Galway

tan :

Title: Analysis of water quality of Dublin

beaches/sea St Joseph's Presentation College, Lucan, Co. Dublin Teacher: Ms. Mary Creane

And the Winning Continues...

Title: Carotenoids and flavonoids from carrots

In 1988 Siobhan Lanigan from Navan Community College won a Grand Award at The

Methodist College Belfast, I Malone Road, Co. Antrim Teacher: Mr. J Dorrity

Irish Young Scientists have scooped over 20 top awards to date in the Science and Engineering Fair in the USA. Irish Young Scientists are amongst the youngest entrants in the Science and Engineering Fair in the USA. In 1990 the winners of the Best Group Project won one of the top awards at the International Environment Contest in Frankfurt.

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L orna D u ffy, L aura C onway Title: Effects of radiation on seeds Hartstown Community School, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin Teacher: Miss Nicky Grennan

Eight first prizes have been scooped to date by Irish students in the European Commission Science Contest. The 1992 Young Scientist winners Elizabeth Dowling and Jean Byrne from St. Paul's in Dublin were invited as guests of honour to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.

Emma Jane Kennedy, Jill Collins, Rebecca Daly

Jane Feehan from St. Brendan's Community School in Birr was the first Young Scientist to

Aoite Shanahan , Eimear Dunne , Mary Gallagher

Title: Heavy schoolbags

receive a "Person of The Year Award" presented by Dick Spring.

Title: Effects of pesticides on Daphnia pulex Brigidane Secondary School, Mountrath, Co. Laois

Colaiste Muire, Crosshaven, Co. Cork

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Teacher: Dr. Mary Kelly

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Teacher: Miss Mary O'Dowd

In 1998, Sarah Flannery from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal in Blarney, Cork scooped three awards at the Intel International Science and Education Fair in Texas.

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