Westmeath 15 represent county at CoderDojo Awards

Westmeath’s brightest young coders will reveal their latest creations when they appear at Ireland’s biggest technology event, the CoderDojo Coolest Projects Awards.

A total of 15 young innovators from the CoderDojos in Athlone and Mullingar will take part in this year’s event, which takes place in the RDS, Dublin on June 18 from 9.30am-6pm.

Their projects include a drone that can track farm animals and a series of fun computer games.

Over 10,000 people are expected at the RDS for the free event next Saturday (June 18, 9.30-6) when the local youngsters join more than 800 young innovators from across Ireland and Europe take part in the fifth annual awards.

Ireland’s largest technology event this year will feature gadgets, robots, blogs, games and sites designed by our coolest young coders – the kids who can write an app as easy as they can read a book.

This year also sees the introduction of Launch’d – the essential platform for the Coolest Projects kids, tech professionals and anyone considering a career in coding.

Some tickets are still available for this free event: see coolestprojects.org and launchd.io.