Well done Fergal Mc Nally!
Fergal mc Nally was awarded a highly commended rosette in the BTYS exhibition tonight for his project the analysis of the scattering behaviour of sheep!
Thirty-one projects from 13 NI schools feature in the contest.
The RDS building can be a noisy place with nearly 2,000 students from all over Ireland competing to be the Young Scientist of 2013.
The projects highlight their concerns which are often environmental.
Extract from BBC website;
Fergal McNally's project certainly takes science out of the classroom.
He is a 14-year-old student at St Colman's in Newry and his entry is all about sheep scattering and how the animals respond to farmers and strangers with and without food or meal.
It seems they are addicted to meal and Fergal said this had practical consequences.
"If a farmer has feral sheep that are on a mountain he can introduce meal to tame the sheep. That means he can get up closer and check his sheep without having to run after them," he explained
Ryan Tubridy of RTÉ fame, reknowned for his anchor duties on the national station's flagship Radio show 'The Late Late Show', met up with College pupils, Ronan Savage, Kieran Mc Nally and Aidan D'Alton and also BT Young Scientist entrant Fergal Mc Nally.