A huge congratulations to our developer Matthew and Team Hermes from Sligo IT who won The Microsoft Imagine Cup competition in the software design category in New York last night with their innovative in-car road safety system. This is a major achievement for Team Hermes as it is the biggest student software development competition in Ireland, 358,000 students from 183 countries/regions took part in this years competition.
This is a glorious win for Ireland and showcases that we have some of the brightest minds in the world and even a small college in the West of Ireland; Sligo IT can compete with the world's major universities and colleges.
Congratulations to all the team Aíne Conaghan, James McNamara, Calum Cawley and our Matthew; you make us all so proud to be Irish!
Read more about this triumphant win on these links below:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0714/microsoft_imagine.html
http://www.imaginecup.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Imagine-Cup-Ireland/116062608417993