Meath students win award for charity initiative in Dunboyne

Two transition year students, who provide special hats for children who lose their hair due to chemotherapy, have won an inaugral Garda Youth award.

Sean Norman, 16, and Aoife Byrne, 17, students at St Peter’s College in Dunboyne, Co Meath, are behind “Lids for Kids”. The hats are made from non-allergenic wool and come in bright colours and different sizes and can be made to resemble popular children’s characters such as SpongeBob, Peppa Pig, and the Minions.

Such is the popularity of the initiative that hats are being donated from as far away as Bermuda to help Irish children fighting cancer.