Orla Docherty receives her prize

Ashbourne teen wins Coderdojo award

Ashbourne teenager, Orla Docherty, took a winner’s prize at the CoderDojo Coolest Projects Awards at the RDS, Dublin last Saturday .

Over 800 young innovators took part in the awards which attracted 10,000 people to what is the largest technology event held in the country this year.

Sixteen year old Orla was awarded top prize in the mobile category for her iPhone app Key Tracker, which uses Bluetooth to find people’s keys.

Other projects that wowed the judges on the day included a mobile flood warning system, a robotic dog feeding app and a mobile phone for developing countries that doesn’t require a network.

“It was fantastic to see 100 entries from outside Ireland at Coolest Projects. We now have 1,020 dojos in 63 countries and reach 35,000 children a week,' said Coolest Projects co-founder Noel King.

Coolest Projects is supported by Intel, Microsoft, Aol, Openet, Bank of Ireland, Folens, Symantec, Virgin Media, RTE, Deloitte Digital, Salesforce, Dublin City Council and Accenture.