Golden moment as Cork primary school becomes second in country to get Unicef award

Douglas Rochestown Educate Together being presented with a Gold Award by UNICEF Ireland, represented by Lydia McCarthy, for the great work done by their students on Children’s Rights. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Educate Together School for Douglas and Rochestown in Cork has become the second primary school in Ireland to receive the prestigious gold award from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).

The award is bestowed on schools that can demonstrate how they have fully embedded children’s rights throughout the school, including in its policies, practice, and ethos.