Limerick hurling star even goes for Young Scientist competition win!
Reporter:
donal.oregan@limerickleader.ie
Man of the match in the All-Ireland final Gearoid Hegarty has helped two of his Desmond College pupils – Rebecca Enright and Emma O Shea – with their anti-bacterial face shield for hurling helmets );
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A NATIONAL League medal, Celtic Cross and being hot favourite for Hurler of the Year isn’t enough for Gearoid Hegarty in 2020 – he now has his sights set on the Young Scientist competition!
“Hego” to his teammates, it is Mr Hegarty to his students in Desmond College, Newcastle West, two of whom have designed a polarised, anti-bacterial face shield for use with hurling helmets. It is one of the school’s 10 entries in the upcoming BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.