Béibhinn O'Loughlin presented the research project she had done for her Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2026 to the IGRM 2026 - Irish Geoscience Research Meeting which was held in UCC this weekend. It was part of the Poster Presentation that was part of the event. She answered questions on her research to the attendees. Normally only undergraduates and post graduates attend the meeting, so she was the only student representing a secondary school at the event.
Béibhinn won the GSI award for this project at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January, her second time winning the GSI award.
Her research looked at micro-coprolites from a phosphate layer exposed on the coast at Doolin. Having found them in the rock samples she measured their width and length. This is the first record of fossil micro-coprolites from the Carboniferous Period of County Clare.
Well done to Béibhinn on representing her school so well at the event.