23/05/2006

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Beautiful South Dublin Schools Competition Awards

Mayor Thérèse Ridge will present the awards in the first schools environmental competition on Tuesday 23rd May in the County Hall, Tallaght.
The competition is sponsored by South Dublin County Council and encourages students in primary and secondary schools to examine issues regarding the environment. The topics this year were
o    Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
o    Your environment now and how to make it better
o    Litter, make it go away
The entries range from models, puppets, posters and books on recycling, and even a guitar notice board – all made from a wide range of recycled material and supporting the Reduce, Reuse & Recycle principle.
“This competition, sponsored by South Dublin County Council, supports the Green Schools programme. One of the best parts of my job is when I get to visit schools, to help raise their Green Flags. 19 schools in the County have the Green Flag and as Mayor I would like to see a green forest of flags in South Dublin” says Mayor Thérèse Ridge.

The winners in the competition were
Primary Schools – Junior Section
1st Prize    Junior Infants, St Martins National School, Brittas
        Recycled Humpty Dumpty
2nd Prize    Junior Infants, Scoil Ide, Clondalkin
        Sammy –our super snake
Primary Schools – Senior Section
1st Prize    4th Class, Scoil Ide, Clondalkin
        Guitar Notice Board
2nd Prize    6th Class, St Clomcille’s National School, Knocklyon
        Tile Poster
Secondary Schools
1st Prize    1st Year students, Colaiste Eanna, Ballyroan Road
        The green book
2nd Prize    1st year student, Colaiste Bride, Clondalkin
        Our Environment and How to improve it

Contact details;
Máire Ni Dhomhnaill,
01-4149329
mnidhomhnaill@sdublincoco.ie