Environmental campaigner persuades Cork libraries to reconsider hosting art competition

Exhibition continues this year to ensure fairness for young artists to have their work on display but not next year because of the association with fossil fuels

Tullamore furniture maker and long-time environmental campaigner Tom Roche, 74, visited Cork City Library to ask that it no longer host the Texaco Children's Art Competition due to the fossil fuel company's sponsorship of the event. Picture: Tom Roche

One person can make a big difference when it comes to environmental action - just ask Tom Roche, who has taken on the fossil fuel giants and won.

The 74-year-old furniture maker, artist, and long-time environmental campaigner from Tullamore travelled by train to ask city Cork City Libraries to reconsider hosting an exhibition of the Texaco Children's Art Competition, due to the sponsor being one of the world's leading fossil fuel companies.