Minister for Education congratulates winners of the 2025 BTYSTE sisters Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy

Minister for Education Norma Foley has this evening congratulated sisters Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy from Presentation Secondary School in Tralee, County Kerry on being announced winners of the 2025 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

This year’s winning project was titled ACT (Aid, Care, Treat) App-timising emergency response.

Speaking at the awards ceremony this evening, Minister for Education Norma Foley said:

“I’d like to sincerely congratulate Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy from Presentation Secondary School in Tralee, County Kerry on their extraordinary achievement of winning top prize in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2025.

"This win is testament to their creativity, dedication and hard work and the tremendous support of their family, teachers and school.

"Way back in 1963, the founders Dr Tony Scott and Fr Tom Burke presented a vision and today in 2025, we congratulate the winners of the 61st Young Scientist competition - an outstanding legacy. I would also like to thank BT for their continued dedication to supporting and empowering students through this exhibition.

"The most outstanding aspect is the absolute engagement of students and their enthusiasm. It has been a privilege to meet them here in the RDS and to see the innovation, creativity and attention to detail in their projects.

"This exhibition is very much a celebration of the talents of young people across our schools – not just the 500 exhibitors here but also the over 2,000 projects that entered this year. In celebrating this energy and excitement in the sciences I want to thank their teachers too who have perhaps given the students the spark that has lit the fire of exploration and investigation in their minds.

“As the recently-published results of TIMSS 2023 – an international assessment of Mathematics and Science achievement – show, students in second year at post-primary level in Ireland come first in the European Union in Mathematics and Science. Along with the government, I am committed to continuing to promote uptake in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in our schools for the benefit of all learners."