The school’s first green flag was awarded for work on reducing litter and waste.

The energy savings achieved by Scoil Cholmcille from work on its second flag have been considerable.

Walking to school may be tough work for little legs, but pupils at Scoil Cholmcille take it all in their stride, Education Correspondent Niall Murray reports

A CONVICTED paedophile who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl was yesterday jailed for a minimum of five years, sparking outrage from the child’s family and immediate calls for the “unduly lenient” sentence to be referred to Britain’s Court of Appeal.

A convicted paedophile was today jailed for life in the UK for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl just weeks after his prison licence for an earlier sex attack on another child ran out.