Thursday, 14th
December 2017
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13 Cobh’s Eadaoin Scoops Second In County Wide Road And Water Safety Completion
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Eadaoin Farrell from Bunscoil Rinn an Chab- hlaigh Cobh, was awarded second place in a county- wide road safety story tell- ing completion. Young
people across
Cork County were encour- aged to get creative as part of Children’s Book Festival week 2017 and spread the message to be road and wa- ter safety aware. The inaugural short story
competition attracted en- tries from over 100 national schools.
Eadaoin’s winning entry was picked from well over 400 entries. The young Cobh student
travelled to County Hall with her parents, school friends and teacher to re- ceive her award, along with six other prize
winners,
from County Mayor Declan Hurley, last Wednesday 6 December. Eadaoin received runner up in her category 9-12 years, for her composition “Be Careful on the Roads.” The young pupil’s essay
will be compiled along with the other winning entries into a safety book for dis- tribution throughout
the
County. Caroline
Casey, Cork
County Council’s Water and Road Safety Develop- ment Officer, commended the students for their water and road safety awareness. “The stories showed that
by encouraging children to think for
themselves and
process the road safety mes- sage we teach, we can really empower our children and develop independent think- ing. Children will think and protect
they step onto our roads. We
are
for a significant number of child fatalities in Ireland making it vital that we en- courage children to be safe and smart road users in a manner that resonates with them.” Mayor Hurley went on to
say, “I would like to thank all who have made the short story competition such a success, our sponsors, our judges, Caroline on the in- credible work achieved and most of all our competitors. The quality of the stories has been phenomenal and a credit to all the schools.”
themselves before also reminding
adults and older siblings to be role models regarding road safety.” In congratulating the
winners, Mayor of Cork County, Independent
like that of the Story telling competition. “Children are our most
vulnerable road users and it is up to all of us to safe- guard them on our roads. Road
accidents account
• Eadaoin Farrell of Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh Cobh, accompanied by her parents Mike and Pauline and her
• Cllr Declan Hurley, Mayor of the County of Cork, having his face painted by Rosie Healy from Blarney, Picture: David Keane.
brother Ciaran, receives her prize from Cllr Declan Hurley, Mayor of the County of Cork. Picture: David Keane.
Cllr
Declan Hurley, spoke of the importance
of initiatives
• The judging panel at the Cork County Council Road Safety Story Book competition prize-giving ceremony, at Cork County Hall. Pictured are: from left to right Tom Stritch, Caroline Casey, Lisa O’Riordan and Liz Desmond, all Cork County Council, Cathal McCarthy, RSA and Supt Pat Lehane, Garda Regional Traffic. Picture: David Keane.
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