Students rewarded for cleaning up The Lough

A PROJECT helping to restore local pride in a landmark urban lake has earned a group of Cork pupils a top prize in a national environment competition.

Students rewarded for cleaning up The Lough

The work of the fifth and sixth-class pupils at Glasheen Boys’ National School emerged as clear winner of the People’s Choice Award at the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist of the Year, taking more than 8,200 of the 30,000-plus votes cast online.

It was the only award chosen by the public out of more than 12 categories, with winners presented with prizes by former president Mary Robinson.

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