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Galway city schools are leading the way in the Green Home programme. Gaelscoil Dara and St James’ National School - one of the first group of schools to participate in, and complete, the programme - are now proudly flying their Green Home flags above their schools.

The members of the Environmental and Emergency services SPC of Mayo County Council welcomed the continued growth of the green schools project in Mayo following a presentation they received this week. Eva Gannon, an education officer with An Taisce, outlined the new green schools travel programme that is currently being rolled out through Mayo.

Litter has become a major problem in the Ballyheane area so in conjunction with An Taisce the members of Ballyheane Community Council are organising a clean up of both Ballyheane village and its surrounding areas. 

Fifty Galway schools are taking part in a green schools’ travel initiative aimed at encouraging students, teachers and parents to walk, cycle, park ‘n’ stride, car-pool and use public transport instead of using private cars on the school run.

The green school programme is thriving in Kilkenny with 10 schools in the county awarded green flags from An Taisce.

Ireland’s largest anti-litter initiative, the National Spring Clean, has started. Hundreds of volunteers from Westmeath have already signed up to take part in this years initiative with clean-ups currently being planned all over Westmeath.

An Taisce has extended a sincere thanks to all of the Mayo volunteers who gave freely of their time to organise so many fantastic clean-up events in Mayo throughout April as part of the annual National Spring Clean campaign.

An Taisce’s Kilkenny Association has announced that the winner of the inaugural ‘Gerald Tyler Heritage Award’ for Kilkenny is the Camphill Community Callan.

Teachers and children from 35 Mayo schools attended An Taisce’s International Green Flag award ceremony in Galway.

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