Darren Lehane is a 22 year old, University of Limerick student, who has won the €2,500 James Dyson award for his invention – a revolutionary new tube feeding system for patients who cannot ingest food normally.
Darren, from Mallow in Cork, invented NUTRIA after witnessing the hardship of his baby cousin, Danielle who had to use a feeding tube shortly after her birth.
Nutria will now progress to the international stage of the James Dyson Award and Darren will compete against design and engineering students from across the world for the grand prize of €36,000.
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