YEOTY 2025
Year Group Winners

1st Year Winners

1st Year Prizes

1st Place

Name of Student: Tomás O' Sullivan

Teacher: Martin Murphy

School: Coláiste Chiaráin, Limerick

Project Title: Why did Electric Car sales decline in Ireland in 2024?

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1st Year Prizes

2nd Place

Name of Student: Victor Clarke

Teacher: Petra Neumannova

School: Belvedere College, Dublin

Project Title: How did the Scotland match in the 6Nations Rugby Championship impact the Irish economy?

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2nd Year Winners

2nd Year Prizes

1st Place

Name of Student: Marcus McCloskey

Teacher: Mairead O'Sullivan

School: Glenstal Abbey, Limerick

Project Title: Increasing Minimum Wage - A Band Aid or a Real Solution to Inequality? -Is the increasing Minimum Wage positive for workers and creating extra pressure for Business Owners?

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2nd Year Prizes

2nd Place

Name of Student: Alicja Wichary, Vanesa Serbanescu, Rabab Mehdi

Teacher: Eilís Fox

School: Coláiste Pobail Setanta, Dublin

Project Title: The Digital Revolution: How Technology Shapes Employment, Business and the Economy

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2nd Year Prizes

3rd Place

Name of Student: Holly Maloney, Laura Munnelly, Annabelle Durcan , Asia Salami

Teacher: Grace Downes

School: St Mary's Secondary School, Ballina, Mayo

Project Title: What are the worst fast fashion brands to avoid and why

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3rd Year Winners

3rd Year Prizes

1st Place

Name of Student: Iris Xinhe Li

Teacher: Fabian Mak

School: Rathdown School, Dublin

Project Title: Earth or Space: Which Economy Will Launch Us Into the Future?

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3rd Year Prizes

2nd Place

Name of Student: Gyumin Gam

Teacher: Srividya Sivakumar

School: Nord Anglia International School, Dublin

Project Title: How Do Rising Fuel Prices Affect Consumer Behaviour and the Irish Economy?

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3rd Year Prizes

3rd Place

Name of Student: Laura Doherty

Teacher: Grace Downes

School: St. Mary's Secondary School, Ballina, Mayo

Project Title: What is BRICS and is it the future?

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TY/4th Year Winners

TY/4th Year Prizes

1st Place

Name of Student: Ealga McAuliffe

Teacher: John Lowdnes

School: Tullamore College, Offaly

Project Title: Return to Sender: Analyzing the Economic and Environmental Impact of Clothing Returns

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TY/4th Year Prizes

2nd Place

Name of Student: Harvey Parish, Evan Sullivan

Teacher: Cormac Tierney

School: Waterpark College, Waterford

Project Title: Monetary and Fiscal Solutions to Pollution: Can Economic Policies Save the Planet

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TY/4th Year Prizes

Joint 3rd Place

Name of Student: Ryan Plunkett, Cillian Farrell, Iarfhlaith Flynn Murphy, Nathan Dunne and Nikita Greidans

Teacher: John Lowdnes

School: Tullamore College, Offaly

Project Title: How will US Tariffs affect the Irish Economy?

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TY/4th Year Prizes

Joint 3rd Place

Name of Student: Saoirse O Connor Buckley

Teacher: Pamela O'Connell

School: Colaiste Muire Realt na Mara, Crosshaven, Cork

Project Title: The Economics of housing and homelessness. A comparison between Ireland and Finland

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5th Year Winners

5th Year Prizes

1st Place

Name of Student: Selina Wang

Teacher: Rob Quinlan

School: The Institute of Education, Dublin

Project Title: Do YOU(th) fall for manipulative traps set out by Modern Buying Incentives in Ireland?

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5th Year Prizes

2nd Place

Name of Student: Isaac Keating and Breixo Agulla Perez

Teacher: James Doyle

School: St. Andrew's College, Dublin

Project Title: Economics of Cigarettes: Impact of regulation and its applicability today

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5th Year Prizes

Joint 3rd Place

Name of Student: Michael Holland

Teacher: Hannah Holden

School: CBS Kilkenny

Project Title: Where is the best ROI in the current economy to counteract inflation?

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5th Year Prizes

Joint 3rd Place

Name of Student: Ava O'Leary, Amy Ellis, Ruth Leon Ryan

Teacher: Fabian Mak

School: Rathdown School, Dublin

Project Title: Make the Economy Great Again

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6th Year Winners

6th Year Prizes

1st Place

Name of Student: Yue Wang

Teacher: Keith Hannigan

School: Institute of Education, Dublin

Project Title: An Investigation into the Implications of Government-Driven Wage Changes on Small and Medium Enterprises and Employees in the Hospitality Sector of the Irish Economy.

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