Three students from the Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, Mr Patrick Kelly, Ms Karen Bolger and Mr Shane Mooney, have won the 1998 Enterprise Ireland Awards.
Their project, which is a device to allow silage additive to be applied freely and accurately on grass in damp conditions, was declared the winner by the Minister of State for Science, Technology and Commerce, Mr Noel Treacy, at the Monsters, Maggots, and Musical Squares - The Best of Irish Science exhibition at the RDS yesterday.
The winning project was one of four finalists selected from 200 projects involving 600 students from 13 third-level institutions. The awards were organised by the semi-state company Enterprise Ireland, and were open to full-time undergraduates attending any third level educational establishment.
Mr Treacy said the awards celebrated "the absolute best in student entrepreneur-ship, vision and ambition".
The other finalists were:
Seamus Gallagher, James McDonald, Gerard Mulvaney and Raymond Rooney of Dublin City University for their device which assists door-opening for wheelchair-bound people.
Eileen Sheehan, Linda McElroy, Karina McAuliffe, Irene Gallagher, David Cunningham, Aisling Hyde and Anthony Phelan from National University of Ireland (NUI) Cork for their gluten and wheat-free pizza.
Karen Clancy, Niamh Flavin, Laura Hennelly and Kathy Hynes from the Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology for a safety door attachment for a horse box.
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