Pupils give O’Keeffe a lesson on democracy in action

THE country’s youngest student council showed a government minister how to keep democracy moving when he came to visit yesterday.

The eight junior and senior infants at St Patrick’s Infant National School help staff formulate policy on important matters such as litter management, school yard games, and the content of lunches.

“We meet after school to discuss school issues,” they explained to Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe, who had come to raise the school’s Green Flag for environmental awareness.