
Laois BT Young Scientists
Well done to Christopher Carew on winning a category award at the BT Young Scientist Competition. Christopher from #Mountrath Community School won for his study of ‘Asthma Control: Laps or Lengths, which matter most?’
Well done Christopher Carew, Laois on category winner Young Scientist. pic.twitter.com/PAjxn7Jvvj
— Charlie Flanagan (@CharlieFlanagan) January 9, 2016
Christopher looked at the sports of swimming, football and basketball over a six-week time frame. Christopher found that swimming had the best effect on participants’ asthma after different exercises, sprint work, games and aerobic workouts. For more details on Christopher’s work click here for the Silicon Republic report.

BT Young Scientist winner Christopher Carew. Photo courtesy of Silicon Republic.
Great to see Portlaoise College represented here in the RDS by Darragh Wright Twomey, Matthew Bride and Colm Greene. You can read more about their project here.

Darragh Wright Twomey, Matthew Bride and Colm Greene representing Portlaoise College.
It’s day one @btyste #btyste BT Young Scientist! Drop by the @rte set or tune in on @rte2fm … @rtenews @rteplayer https://t.co/JCK3cGfVkY
— RTÉ (@rte) January 7, 2016
We’ll update this page with results and reaction as soon as it becomes available.
Fionn Ging from Scoil An Fraoch Mor, Co Laois with @DavidMeadeLive & his exploding glass trick ?? pic.twitter.com/trKG5XnJ4Q — BT Young Scientist (@BTYSTE) January 7, 2016
Huge congrats to Elizabeth Cullen from Kildare who has been crowned overall winner of #BTMasters @btyste #BTYSTE16 pic.twitter.com/7yubvmfdoo
— BT Young Scientist (@BTYSTE) January 7, 2016