Not a recruiting drive, but Cork primary school pupils pledge to join army
It was also a ‘first’ yesterday at the largest primary school in Munster when Defence Minister Simon Coveney and vice-admiral Mark Mellett turned up to present the 890 pupils at Scoil Nioclais in Frankfield, Douglas, Co Cork, with the national flag and a copy of the Proclamation under the Flags for Schools initiative.
In true military style, senior infants lined up to form a guard of honour as the VIPs arrived and a choir sang the national anthem.
