Pupils speak out about the environment

That’s just what pupils from across the Cookstown District were doing at the local heats of ‘ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH SPEAK 2013.’ Pupils debated the current issues and impressed the panel of judges with their knowledge, in a bid to get through to the Regional finals.

The triumphant pupil in the junior section was Bobbi Kane, Orritor Primary School and, in the senior section, Sean McClean, Holy Trinity College.

The aim of the competition is to get young people to research and debate environmental issues. The local heats took place on 28th February, in the Council Chamber. The topics this year were, for the Junior section, ‘My waste’s got talent: what can it become?’ and for the Senior section, ‘The true cost of waste’, which explored the environmental, economic and social costs of our waste.