2025

projects

Stand Number: 1551

Project title: How menstruation impacts the lives of secondary school females.

Overview: We want to investigate how periods affect the lives of secondary school girls in sport, school attendance, their social lives and more.

School Name: Ballincollig Community School

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 1506

Project title: Orthostatic testing to see recovery in different sports and training volumes

Overview: Using the difference in resting and standing heart rate (also known as orthostatic testing) to see how well athletes from different sports recover.

School Name: Ballincollig Community School

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 5607

Project title: The observation of the feeding habits of fledgling Common Swifts (Apus apus) correlating to weather conditions

Overview: The objective of our observational study is to determine how the hourly feeding frequency of swift fledglings varies with weather conditions and fledgling age.

School Name: Ballinrobe Community School

School County: Mayo

Stand Number: 2557

Project title: Paid to persuade: Should we trust Irish Influencers?

Overview: This project will look at how social media influencers affect what teenagers and adults buy, and how this influence might be different between the two.

School Name: Ballinteer Community School

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2310

Project title: Sleepless Nights and Joyful Days: The New Parent Experience – An investigation into the experience of parenthood for new parents

Overview: This investigation aims to explore the hardship experiences of new parents, focusing on the emotional, social, and practical challenges they face

School Name: Ballybay Community College

School County: Monaghan

Stand Number: 2205

Project title: Mind Over Matter: Investigating the impact that Post-Operative Rehabilitative Care has on the mental health of adolescents with Spinal Fusion

Overview: I will be surveying adolescents who are recovering or have recovered from spinal fusion surgery to evaluate whether post-operative rehabilitative care impacts their mental health.

School Name: Bandon Grammar School

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 3207

Project title: A mathematical investigation into how the loft of a golf club affects the golf ball and its flight path.

Overview: An investigation into how the loft [angle of a club relative to the ground] affects a golf ball during flight.

School Name: Blackrock College

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 4500

Project title: An Artist’s Invaluable Tool : Coding a Tool to Generate Mutualistic Colours.

Overview: We plan to create a tool (using HTML and JavaScript) to generate colours that match well with one or two colours entered into the system.

School Name: Blackrock College

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2217

Project title: Where is the Truth: The effects of media propaganda on young people

Overview: This is a social investigation into how propaganda in mainstream media affects young people, and how it is manipulating the political landscape of the future.

School Name: Blackwater Community School

School County: Waterford

Stand Number: 1411

Project title: How Healthy Bars Affect Blood Sugar Levels

Overview: We aim to investigate the hidden cost to our health and pocket of everyday consumer goods by the general person.

School Name: Boherbue Comprehensive School

School County: Cork