Pupils win prize for promoting peace of mind

Five young pupils in Coláiste Mhuire in Buttevant have scooped the first Rotary Young Citizen Peacemaker Award for their work tackling difficulties affecting fellow students.

The students — David Higgins, Paul O’ Keeffe, Eoin O’ Brien, Zoe Crowley, and Aoibhe Jones — who are peace advocates with the Cork Education and Training Board, surveyed all pupils in their school to find out what concerned them and discovered students needed support in areas such as online safety, phone and gaming overuse leading to sleep deprivation, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.