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2025 BTYSE Winners Visit UCC

26 Feb 2025
Back, l-r: Professor John O’Halloran, UCC President; Professor Helen Whelton, Head of the College of Medicine and Health; Theresa and Seamus Murphy, parents; Dr Sabin Tabirca, School of Computer Science and Information Technology. Front, l-r: Laoise, Saoirse and Ciara Murphy, BTYSE Winners 2025; Ms Helena Madigan, Presentation Secondary School Tralee. Photo: Rubén Martinez

UCC recently hosted the winners of the 61st BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE). Three sisters from Co Kerry won the overall prize for their development of a smartphone app that enhances the response by health services in emergencies.

Ciara (17), Saoirse (15) and Laoise (12) Murphy, from Presentation Secondary School, Tralee, spent the last 12 months working on their project along with public and private sector stakeholders. The transformative app is designed to tackle challenges in transferring medical data effectively and efficiently to the emergency services.

The winning trio, accompanied by their parents, Seamus and Theresa, and teacher, Helena Madigan, were welcomed to the President’s Office on 26 February for an event to celebrate their success.

They discussed possibilities in higher education with the President and were informed of scholarships available for BTYSE winners for their first year in UCC – more information here.

President's Office

Oifig an Uachtaráin

East Wing, Main Quadrangle, Western Road , Cork, T12 K8AF

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