Shay Walsh
@WalshShay
MD of BT Ireland. Tweets are personal
Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy from Presentation Tralee are our BT Young Scientists of the Year for 2025. The 61st winners in BT’s 25th as Sponsor and Organiser.

Over 200 of us unplugged, got active, while raising €14,000 in funds for two special organisations in Ireland - @BUMBLEance_IRL and @IMNDA #BTActivityDay #ResponsibleBusiness
That’s fantastic. It’s an amazing sense of pride to see our @BTYSTE students representing their country in Osaka. Best of luck with the Expo. 💚🤍🧡
We'd an absolutely fantastic first day at @expo2025_japan, our @BTYSTE students doing the country proud with their presentations & enthusiastic engagement with everyone they met. Thanks to @IrelandatExpo for being such wonderful hosts !! 💚 #STEM #EXPO2025 🇯🇵
Great to meet with @rodericogorman and @Feljin_J from @greenparty_ie today in Leinster House. We had a positive and productive discussion, and I appreciated the opportunity to share how @dublinbusnews is now delivering more reliable services to more customers than ever.
Ashlee Keogh pictured receiving the Best Individual Award at @BTYSTE Business Bootcamp at @NovaUCD from @Oldtonyscott the legendary Tony Scott, co-founder of the Young Scientist Exhibition, @WalshShay MD @BTinIreland & Professor Pat Guiry @ucddublin @PatrickGuiry2 💙🤍💛
Congratulations to the TactAI team of four secondary school students, from Dublin, Mayo, Westmeath and Kerry, named winners of the Best Group Award at the end of the 4-day 2025 @BTYSTE Business Bootcamp delivered at @NovaUCD. ucd.ie/innovation/new…
Congratulations also to Ashlee Keogh (Dublin), who has been named ‘Best Individual’ at the end of the 2025 BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp for her project MagClean.
See you in the Nova campus UCD in the morning.
Best of luck to 5th Year students Sara and Danijela as they head to the BT Boot Camp! They are two of just 30 students from the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition selected to take part. @BTYSTE @TeenTurn
To celebrate Women and Girls in Science, ambassador @PJohnstonFCDO today hosted the chief science advisers from @SciTechgovuk, NI and Ireland to discuss how to encourage girls to choose #STEM careers. Delighted to be joined by @BTYSTE award winners from Kerry, Westmeath & Dublin
Congratulations @CEO_DublinBus Only the best Grads get this award. Isnt that right @DaireKeogh ? 💙
I was honoured to receive a DCU Alumni Award today. DCU has shaped my journey, and being recognised for contributing to its mission of transforming lives means so much. Thank you, @DaireKeogh and @DCU, for this honour! #DCUAlumniAwards
On Friday, Sisters Ciara, Saoirse & Laoise Murphy, Presentation Secondary in Tralee won the top prize in the 61st BT Young #Scientist & #Technology Exhibition (@BTYSTE) with their project, ACT – App-optimising emergency response. Way to go team Murphy! ow.ly/hp6c50UG5rB
Wonderful to see the winners of @BTYSTE 2025 Ciara, Laoise and Saoirse return to a rapturous reception from family, friends, classmates and teachers in @PresSecTralee Well done, ladies! 👏🏻 Seeing the familiar environs of my old secondary school made me smile. #Kerry #Ciarraí
Tralee rolled out the red carpet this morning to celebrate the homecoming of the town's BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition winners. The Murphy sisters returned to their school after securing the top prize in Dublin on Friday night. #btyste2025 #Tralee | @MaxineBramley_
The legendary Comedian, Television Presenter and Science Enthusiast @daraobriain visited our winning students and sought the truth to the phrase 'the big Irish head on you' at this year's BTYSTE 2025 #BTYSTE2025 #BTYSTE
Congratulations again to Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy on their @BTYSTE win! Pictured here at their homecoming in Tralee today with NAS Manager Donal Crowley.
Thank you Aine for being our MC for the Executives Leader Forum and the Gala Ball on Saturday. Your personal interest and engagement with the YSTE was evident in how you spoke, introduced and interviewed our guest speakers especially the Murphy sisters.
60pc of the participants at @BTYSTE were girls this year. And the winners are three amazing sisters who have the potential to save lives and inspire the next STEM era of See It, Be It. A privilege to get to interview them at the Gala to end the 61st exhibition. @PresSecTralee
Another fantastic experience for our @colaiste students and staff @BTYSTE 2025 Massive thank you to our 3 mentor Teachers Ms. Farrell @delzer09 , Ms. McInerney & Mr. Leacy - mentoring 14 students & 9 projects. Teachers are the secret sauce of @btyste Thank you all. @LimClareETB
The students are now experimenting on visitors which may be against the rules. Farrah Corbett, student at @colaiste in Limerick takes the measuring tape to @daraobriain’s head for analysis for her @BTYSTE project about big Irish heads. 😊
Congratulations to Tomás Markey from St. Brogan’s College, Bandon, for winning Best Individual at BTYSTE 2025. His project is 'PM-DAC: A system for removing CO2 from the atmosphere.' #BTYSTE2025 #BTSYTE
Our last event of the 2025 @BTYSTE and we enjoyed @daraobriain reflections on his passion for Science. Thanks to @AineKerr our MC for the evening. @PriscillaORegan @BTinIreland

A huge congratulations to @KOSullivanIT from the @IrishTimes for winning the Founders Medal at the 61st BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 👏👏👏 @IrishTimesBiz #BTYSTE2025 #BTYSTE
What a great achievement by three Kerry sisters - Ciara (17), Saoirse (15) and Laoise (12) Murphy from Presentation Tralee, who have won this year's BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for their “Aid Care Treat' project. #BTYSTE2025