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Eoghan Flynn and Ruairi O’Neill from Blackwater Community School in Lismore, Co Waterford Maxwell Photography

Science students pick up prize for fuel project

Two third year students from Co Waterford won the top prize at SciFest@Intel 2011 for their project, which converts plastic into the fuel source crude oil.

TWO IRISH STUDENTS have picked up the top prize at SciFest@Intel 2011.

The third year students Eoghan Flynn and Ruairi O’Neill from Blackwater Community School in Lismore, Co Waterford, won the award for their project which converts plastic into crude oil, a usable fuel source.

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Ciaran Cannon TD, presented the winners with their prize – a trip to International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May 2012, where they will represent Ireland.

SciFest, which is supported by Discover Science and Engineering, is a national exhibition of the winning projects from 14 regional SciFest fairs which took place earlier this year at Institutes of Technology around the country.

Eoghan and Ruairí designed a homemade, inexpensive and efficient apparatus which can convert end of life plastics (ELP) into a usable fuel source.

This in turn solves problems associated with fuel shortages and the disposal of plastics.

The young students developed apparatus that helped them discover that ELP fuel production can be done  at home.

They say their vision is that this technology “could be used in both the developed and developing worlds to help combat fuel shortages and reduce the amount of ELPs sent to landfill”.

SciFest 2012, a series of science fairs supported by Intel and Discover Science and Engineering and hosted by the Institutes of Technology and the University of Ulster, is now open for entry.

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    Mute Ciarán FitzGerald
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    May 28th 2021, 2:53 PM

    RIP to the two young people who’s lives were tragically taken.

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    Mute Daniel Murray
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    May 28th 2021, 6:36 PM

    I taught Jack science in Cottenham Village College and he was the nicest kid, hugely popular and wise beyond his years. There was only 650 in the main school and everyone knew everyone in the town. In my very first week I remember giving out merits on SIMs to three lads, one of which was Jack and smiling when I saw his second name. I still see him in my head as a 15 year old with a funny haircut and a big smile. God his poor family and friends.

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    May 28th 2021, 5:08 PM

    Time and Time again Experts are afraid of the Racist Card being used when they Highlight a Problem Citizen in their Midst…Do you think for ine moment if it was the other way round in Asian Countries They would Give a Fiddle What you Looked Like.

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    May 29th 2021, 8:44 AM

    @Larry Rawson: political correctness kills and damages:
    Failure to investigate grooming gangs for fear of being called racist.
    Manchester arena security guard was suspicious of the bomber but did nothing out of fear of being called racist.
    Stop and search scrapped for disproportionately targeting certain groups despite the fact that it saves minority lives.
    Political correctness needs to be shown the door so we can speak freely and solve problems.

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    May 28th 2021, 3:19 PM

    Low Down Coward

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    May 28th 2021, 3:08 PM

    Sounds as though the 8 years in prison made him even more radicalised given they say there was radical bullying going on, been allowed around other terrorist offenders seems a very stupid recipe for disaster and needs to be remidied as well, rip to the two victims and hope the others injured are doing okay

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    May 28th 2021, 11:25 PM

    @Darren Callaghan: I know that it’s not P.C. to say this and there will be lots of the politically correct brigade on my tail but he should have been topped by the authorities much earlier—-He was never going to be any use to society!

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    May 28th 2021, 11:30 PM

    @Darren Callaghan: it’s a disgusting act against two seemingly thoroughly decent people but this is not the first incident where an previously-incarcerated individual has been flagged by State authorities as a potential threat. Serious questions should be at their door.

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    May 29th 2021, 2:25 PM

    Unlawfully killed?? As opposed to what, lawfully killed by a terrorist? They were outright murdered in cold blood.

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