The Murphy sisters, Laoise, Ciara and Saoirse, at the IMAGE awards last Friday.CIARA, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy, the sisters from Ballymac who are co-founders of the medical emergency response application ACT, were awarded Runner-Up in the ‘STEM Professional’ Award Category at the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2026.
The black tie event took place in the RDS in Dublin last Friday night with over 1,500 people in attendance.
This flagship celebration of women in business brought together Ireland’s most influential trailblazers, innovators, business elite and rising stars.
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The STEM Professional of the Year award recognises women operating in the worlds of science, technology, engineering and/or maths.
The girls, who won the 2025 BT Young Scientist of the Year competition, were thrilled to have been shortlisted in April in such a competitive category, and at such an early stage in their career.
.It was an even greater delight for them to then go on to receive this recognition. The winner of the award was Dr. Alessandra Sala, Co-Chair of UNESCO Women for Ethical Artificial Intelligence and Head of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Shutterstock.
