WATCH: Tullamore's 'The Steminists' interviewed on live TV in US

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Sacred Heart School's The Steminists were interviewed live on American television earlier today.

The all-female robotics team began competing at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas yesterday (May 12), with the competition continuing until Thursday (May 14).

The team includes five students aged between 12 and 14, including students Emily Thunder, Jasmine Matsushita, Rachel Ebenezer, Alice Duffy, and Olivia Hoey, supported by teachers Ms Sindy Meleady and Ms Aisling Bourke.

The VEX Robotics programme is a series of competitions and educational resources targeted at encouraging young students to learn Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) concepts, with different levels for various age groups including VEX IQ for younger students and VEX V5 for older minds.

Watch the footage below:

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