Presentation Tralee students Kate Moore and Katie Ahern at the awards ceremony on Tuesday.
SCHOOLS from all over the Tralee area were presented with the prestigious Green Flag at an awards ceremony in Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Cork on Tuesday.
Sixty schools from Kerry were awarded Green Flags by An Taisce at the ceremony.
Nationally, 205 schools will be awarded their first Green Flag in recognition of their hard work on the Litter & Waste theme while 949 schools have successfully renewed their Green Flag under the themes of Energy, Water, Travel, Biodiversity, Global Citizenship and Climate Change.
The Green-Schools programme continues to grow at a remarkable rate with over 3,700 schools now registered with the programme, representing over 90 per cent of all schools in Ireland.
Schools from Tralee area receiving first flag for Litter and Waste
• Scoil Lios Teilic, Tráigh Lí
• Presentation Secondary School, Tralee.
Schools from Tralee area receiving second and subsequent Green Flags
• Scoil Bhreac Chluain, Tralee
• Firies National School, Firies
• Sacred Heart Primary School, Tralee
• Scoil Nuachabháil, Trá Lí
• C.B.S. Primary School, Tralee
• Scoil Eoin Baiste, Tralee
• Oakview Village Childcare, Tralee
• Clogher N.S, Tralee
• Derryquay N.S, Tralee
• O’Brennan N.S, Tralee
• Scoil Naomh Eirc, Tra – Li
• Spa National School, Tralee
• St. Brendan’s N.S, Tralee
• Scoil Mhaolcheadair, Tra Li
