Tipperary School named Green-Schools Marine School of the Year
Sisters of Charity N.S., Clonmel, Co. Tipperary were honoured at a ceremony in Dublin to mark the first Green-Schools Marine Environment Awards.
Sisters of Charity NS were named Green-Schools Marine School of the year for the primary category at an event in Dublin on Thursday.
Eight outstanding schools were selected from the 88 schools nationwide receiving their Green Flag for Global Citizenship: Marine Environment this month. Primary schools and secondary schools were chosen from four regional divisions (Dublin area, East & Midlands, North & West and South), with an overall national winner awarded at each level. Wesley College, Ballinteer, Co. Dublin were awarded the national prize for secondary level. The Marine Awards are supported by the Marine Environment section of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
12 winners of the Green-Schools National Marine Creative Writing Competition “Tides are changing” were also awarded at the ceremony. Winners of the competition were chosen out of over 220 entries. This competition, which is supported by the Marine Environment section of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in collaboration with Poetry Ireland, is in its fourth year and saw a very high standard of submissions this year. Three students from St John of Gods, Waterford, swept the primary categories with first place prizes, and Aisling Espey of Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin took first place for secondary level.
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The Green-Schools Marine Environment Awards is an initiative of An Taisce’s Green-Schools “Global Citizenship Marine Environment” theme, which is supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and local authorities.
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