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Each year the Central Statistics Office (CSO) hosts an Awards Ceremony for students from around the country who take part in our competitions throughout the year.

It is an opportunity for us to celebrate the winners of the Award for the Best Use of CSO Open Data, the CSO Special Award for Use of Open Data at the Young Economist of the Year, and the John Hooper Statistical Poster Competition.

The winners were presented with their awards at a ceremony held in Croke Park, Dublin on 25 October 2023. The Director General of the CSO, Pádraig Dalton, presented the awards.

The winners of the 2023 competitions are as follows:

  • Alana McKinnon and Aisling Vaughan, Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare won the John Hooper Medal for Statistics. 
  • Alexia d’Arcy and Keelin O’Carroll, St. Andrew’s College, Dublin won the CSO Special Award for Use of Open Data at the Young Economist of the Year (YEOTY).
  • Michael Hearty and Luke McKeveney, Abbey Christian Brothers School, Newry, Co. Down, won the CSO Award for the Best Use of Open Data at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2023.