Rachael collecting her award from Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan
St Vincent’s Secondary School student Rachael Ní Dhonnachadha picked up the Best Individual Award at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in Dublin on Friday.
The 16-year-old, who is in fifth year, won the award for her project ‘Brap: Boxers handwrap, preventing wrist injury in boxing.’
She was entered in the Biological and Ecological Sciences category at senior level.
Local TD Gerry Adams and Senator Mary Moran were amongst those to praise all the local entrants with participating schools from Louth including Bush Post Primary School, Coláiste Rís, De La Salle College, Dundalk Grammar School, O Fiaich College, Our Lady’s College Drogheda and St Vincent’s.
The overall award went to Ian Sullivan and Eimear Murphy from Kanturk in Co Cork for their project on teenagers’ alcohol consumption.
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