Meet Cathal Sweeney, the 16-year-old Irish student who turned the frustration of losing hurling balls in winter darkness into a glow-in-the-dark ball that generated €40,000 in four months
- Meet Cathal Sweeney, the 16-year-old Irish student (Image Credit: Student Enterprise Programme)For Cathal Sweeney, a frustrating problem on the hurling pitch became the starting point for an innovative student business.
- A self-described hurling enthusiast, Sweeney found that training on dark winter evenings could be difficult when there was not enough light to see the sliotar clearly.
- Rather than accepting the problem, he developed a glow-in-the-dark ball designed to help players continue practising when daylight fades.
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- Meet Cathal Sweeney, the 16-year-old Irish student (Image Credit: Student Enterprise Programme)For Cathal Sweeney, a frustrating problem on the hurling pitch became the starting point for an innovative student business.
- A self-described hurling enthusiast, Sweeney found that training on dark winter evenings could be difficult when there was not enough light to see the sliotar clearly.
- Rather than accepting the problem, he developed a glow-in-the-dark ball designed to help players continue practising when daylight fades.
Sources: Times of India