Synge Street CBS students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly have been declared the BT Young Scientists for 2012.

Their mathematical project wins them a cheque for €5,000, plus tickets to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London later this year, a crystal trophy and a chance to represent Ireland in the EU’s Young Scientist completion taking place this September in Bratislava.

Their project looked at a mathematical problem first proposed back in 1760 relating to the motion of planets.