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Every year in Coláiste Éinde the students elect a team of their peers across all years to form the student council. Our role as the student council is to work on ideas and initiatives which will benefit student experience of school life. Since September we have been busy working on projects such as participating in ‘Come In’ week to educate students about the LGBTQI+ community, and recommending changes in relation of other aspects of school life. We strive to not only make a difference in our school but encourage positive change in our greater community.

New energy labels are coming into effect to bring EU consumers a better understanding of their carbon footprint and energy consumption.

Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Deputy Patrick O’Donovan, recently visited the Shannon Callows region, the area between Athlone and Meelick weir which is prone to seasonal flooding.

The Green Party brought a bill to the Seanad on Tuesday seeking to amend planning and development regulations to remove planning restrictions and allow the installation of solar panels on public buildings, including schools, without planning permission.

Ireland’s strawberry growers are welcoming the season of one of the nation’s favourite summer fruits. Packed full of nutritional goodness, strawberries are the taste of summer.

Local farmers considering an application to the Organic Farming Scheme have until April 30 to do so, following the reopening of the scheme earlier this month, with an additional budget of €4 million for 2021.

An estimated 150,000 extra families have made the switch over the last three year from plastic to a real Irish Christmas tree, as growers expect to sell well in excess of half a million real Irish Christmas trees this year in Ireland.

Senator Pauline O’Reilly said that the Green Party are announcing a dramatic increase in funding for organic farmers.

On Thursday night last, the Longford Westmeath Green Party hosted a public meeting in Moate to discuss green alternatives for rural Ireland in the areas of transport, farming and rural development.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will be among the speakers at an event to debate the future of family farming in the West.