Photo: Frank McGrathStudents at the Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition "are going to accomplish incredible things in the years to come”, they were told today by someone who should know. Patrick Collison, co-founder of payment giant Stripe, won the competition 21 years ago and now runs the $100bn technology company with his brother John. He visited the RDS to meet some of Ireland’s brightest young minds whose work is on show at the Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, which is now sponsored by Collison’s firm Stripe. The student, from St Andrew’s College in Dublin, mimicked the growth of pancreatic cancer in the membrane of an egg. The overall winner of the 2026 Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition will be announced at the awards ceremony on Friday, January 9, at 5pm, with a limited number of tickets still available to buy online.

Source: Irish Independent January 09, 2026 00:31 UTC