YEOTY 2025
Special Interest Award Winners
Below are the winning project entries for the 2025 Special Interest Awards at the Young Economist of the Year Awards Ceremony. They are listed below in the order they were presented at the Awards Ceremony
UCD Award
Climate Action Award
Name of Students: Xinuo Mao, Luca Kirchhoff
Teacher: Mairead O'Sullivan
School: Glenstal Abbey School, Limerick
Project Title: 100 years on - The Irish Government needs the Spirit of Ardnacrusha now to harness the Sea
Maynooth University Award
Trade/FDI/Migration Award
Name of Students: Niall Hennessy, Hugo Griffin
Teacher: James Doyle
School: St. Andrew's College, Dublin
Project Title: The Effects of Immigration on the Irish Economy
University of Galway Award
Cultural Perceptions and Economic Impact Award
Name of Students: Aisling O'Farrell, Sheena Rodriguez, Megan Gorman Lee, Robbie Seto
Teacher: Alex Pedreschi
School: St Wolstans Community School, Kildare
Project Title: How Do Irish Stereotypes Impact Our Economy?
Technological University of Dublin Award
Gender Equity Award
Name of Student: Darerca O'Sullivan
Teacher: Matthew Taylor
School: Sutton Park, Dublin
Project Title: Equal Seats, Equal Pay? Investigating the Link Between Female Representation [in Governmnet] and Economic Outcomes
University of Limerick Award
Emerging Technologies in Finance Award
Name of Student: Jack King
Teacher: Linda Healy
School: Patrician High School, Monaghan
Project Title: How Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Could Transform Global Trade and Influence the Future of the SWIFT System
Munster Technological University Award
Best of Munster Award
Name of Student: Colin Frawley
Teacher: Martin Murphy
School: Coláiste Chiaráin, Limerick
Project Title: Scratchenomics - Luck or Loss? - An economic analysis of scratch cards.
Trinity College Dublin Award
Economics of Housing and Regulation Award
Name of Student: James Dunne
Teacher: Stephen Moylan
School: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Blarney, Cork
Project Title: Short Term Rental Conversion: an Avoidable Catalyst of Home Overvaluation?
Atlantic Technological University Award
Public Policy Award
Name of Student: Finn O'Dónaill
Teacher: James Doyle
School: St. Andrew's College, Dublin
Project Title: Should Ireland make public transport free of charge?
University College Cork Award
Economic Inequality Award
Name of Student: Michael Giblin
Teacher: Lorraine O'Reilly
School: St Joseph's Community College, Mayo
Project Title: "Tax the rich" : Investigating wealth inequality in Ireland
UCD Centre for Cyber Resilience Education Award
Economics of CyberSecurity Award
Name of Students: Gavin Connolly, Dara Clarke and Stephen Byrne
Teacher: John Lowdnes
School: Tullamore College, Offaly
Project Title: What is the Impact of Cybercrime on the Global Economy?
ISWE Award
Women in Economics Award
Name of Student: Emily McDarby and Saoirse Garry
Teacher: John Lowndes
School: Tullamore College, Offaly
Project Title: Does Limited Access to Consultants and GP's for Perimenopause Treatment Impact the Irish Economy?
CSO Award
Best Use of Data Award
Name of Students: Mir Hasibullah Zia
Teacher: Tony Bennett
School: Wexford CBS
Project Title: The Dependency Trap: How Ireland's Reliance on Multinational Deepens Economic Imbalances.
Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Sercive (IGEES) Award
Irish Government Policy Award
Name of Students: Cian Sengupta and Jim Kirby
Teacher: James Doyle
School: St. Andrew's College, Dublin
Project Title: The Trump Effect: How US Policies Are Reshaping Ireland’s Future.
Central Bank of Ireland Award
Monetary Policy/Irish Economy
Name of Students: Swasti Sahoo
Teacher: Suzanne Linnane
School: Adamstown Community College, Dublin
Project Title: The Paradox of Green Growth: Can Capitalism Survive Without Infinite Resource Exploitation?
