A PUPIL from Donegal was among the big winners at an annual awards ceremony held in Dublin recently.
Nora Columb, a pupil in Scoil Adhamhnáin Naofa, An Luinnigh was named as the national winner in the primary school category of the Green-Schools poster competition.
The awards were held to recognise the efforts of primary and secondary students across the country who participated in the Green-Schools Water Programme in the 2025-26 academic year, and to honour the winning students in this year’s poster competition.
The theme of this year’s poster competition was “Water and Me Mise agus Uisce” and participating students were asked to design a poster centring on moments when water has mattered to them.
The response from pupils of the participating schools was impressive, with 1,600 entries received across the junior primary, senior primary and secondary categories. Twelve regional winners were each awarded a €100 voucher and had their poster professionally framed, while three overall national winners were also announced at the ceremony.
Uisce Éireann’s Communications Manager, Róisín Bradford said: “The Green-Schools awards are always a wonderful occasion and this year, the quality of the submissions across the various categories has been truly incredible. The vital work being done by Green-Schools in schools across Ireland is clearly bearing fruit in terms of how our young people think about water and the need to conserve and respect it. We in Uisce Éireann are proud of our long-standing sponsorship of the programme.”
The annual event marked the thirteenth year of Uisce Éireann’s sponsorship of An Taisce’s Green-Schools programme which supports schools working to gain a Green Flag under the water theme.
For more information on the sponsorship visit www.water.ieconservationwater-education-in-school.