Young Scientist success for Hugh and Conor

Patrician Academy students Hugh Ahern and Conor McCarthy whose project on fake news was highly commended at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

A project on fake news by two Patrician Academy students was highly commended at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition last week. Hugh Ahern and Conor McCarthy entered a project titled ‘An Investigation into how people aged 13 to 17 get their news, their awareness of fake news, and their ability to identify a news source as trustworthy’, and their hard work over several months bore fruit when judges awarded them a prestigious ‘highly commended’ desig-nation. School Principal Elaine O’Regan praised Hugh and Conor for their achievement, and added congratulations to teacher Ms. Walsh who oversaw their work.