A group of students from Roscommon have won the top prize at today's Student Enterprise Programme awards in Croke Park.
They've created a device that allows users to easily compact rubbish in wheelie bins.
The students took first place in the senior category of the programme, which is run by the Local Enterprise Office.
Joshua McCormack and Evan McNeil from Roscommon Community College said they got the idea for their business called 'McCompactors', after seeing people climbing into wheelie bins to try and compact their rubbish manually.
They said the steel fabricated device will work on all standard household wheelie bins.
So far, they've sold over 100 devices through their social media channels.
Over 25,000 secondary school students took part in the programme this year, which has now been running for 21 years.
In the intermediate category 'Clip Clop Designs' from Longford took first place.
Caitlin Morris from Moyne Community School created the business repurposing horseshoes to make colourful decorations for the home.
In the junior category the winners were 'Grasper' from Drumshanbo Vocational School in Leitrim.
Created by students Freya Whitney, Alexandra O'Looney and Amy Keaveney, the hand-held farm safety tool assists farmers with the opening of slurry tank covers.
"This year produced a varied selection of businesses, from agricultural products and homemade gifts to products that were built on our unique ability to tell compelling stories," said Michael Nevin, chair of the Local Enterprise Office's Enterprise Education Committee.
"We see every year that the National Finals are not an end point for our student entrepreneurs, but a stepping stone on the next stage of their entrepreneurial journey," he added.
