2022-2023 IrEOES
The Irish Olympiad of Experimental Science (IrEOES) is an individual science competition for Transition Year and Fifth Year students. The first round takes place online and is accessible to any eligible student who wants to take part. You are eligible if you live and go to school in Ireland, are in Transition Year or in Fifth Year, and were born on or after 1st January 2006.
Round 2 of IrEOES 2022-2023 took place in Dublin City University on Saturday 21st January, 2023.
A total of 74 students took part: 28 in Biology, 19 in Chemistry, and 27 in Physics. The standard was incredibly high. Many thanks to Caoilte O Rourke O Cuirrin, Natalija Aleksejenko, Orlaith Condon, Paul Grimes, Roisin Byrne, and Toby Segasby for helping out on the day.
After the competition, the students were treated to an interdisciplinary lecture by Dr. Adam Murphy of DCU on grain-4-lab.
The 6 medal winners in each subject are:
Biology
| gold | Lorne Walsh | St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin |
| silver | Rachel Shaw | St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin |
| bronze | Ashen Wijayaratne | Templeogue College, Dublin |
| bronze | Christian Domsa | Colaiste de Lacy, Ashbourne, Co. Meath |
| bronze | Fiona Evans | Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| bronze | John Paul Holden | CBS Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny |
Chemistry
| gold | Anastasia Vakaloudi | Scoil Mhuire, Cork |
| silver | Frances Hardy | Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill, Galway |
| bronze | Elizabeth Hart | St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin |
| bronze | Raghav Rashgotra | Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke, Co. Cork |
| bronze | Sara Posiewka | St Mary’s College, Dundalk, Co. Louth |
| bronze | Yanko Yanchev | Tullamore College, Tullamore, Co. Offaly |
Physics
| gold | Yitian Chen | St. Andrew’s College, Booterstown, Co. Dublin |
| silver | Yilong She | St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin |
| bronze | Anna McKernan | Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Co. Galway |
| bronze | Biye Guo | Mercy Secondary School, Tralee, Co. Kerry |
| bronze | Melaniya Stolbova | Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill, Galway |
| bronze | Thomas Murphy | Good Counsel College, New Ross, Co. Wexford |