Children to vote on what issues are most important to them

UP TO a quarter of a million children will get to choose the issues of most importance to them in the largest ballot of young people in the country’s history.

Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan hopes more than 200,000 young people will take part in the Big Ballot at more than 1,000 schools in early November.

Her office has sent out materials to primary and second level schools, as well as Youthreach and Senior Traveller Training Centres, to help them understand and discuss the issues, and to identify which are most important to them.