Irish school celebrating after RTE star & former pupil helps land major European broadcasting award
A DONEGAL school is celebrating after an RTE star and former pupil helped them to win a major European broadcasting award.
Scoil Cholmcille in Termon produced a news segment explaining Ireland's PR-STV voting system in an accessible way for young audiences.
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Past pupil Barry Gallagher presented the report on RTÉ's news2day
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The story featured the 5th and 6th class pupils from Scoil Cholmcille as actors throughout the video
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The segment was presented by ex-Irish Sun man and former pupil of the
Now the segment has just been named Best News Story at the annual
The story featured the 5th and 6th class pupils from Scoil Cholmcille as actors throughout the video.
Their on-screen performances were a key part of the piece, helping bring humour, clarity and warmth to a topic usually considered complex even for adults.
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The report was selected by other public service editorial teams across Europe and has already garnered over one million views on
The school shared its excitement in a social media post saying: 'Some of you may remember when our fifth and sixth class students starred in a video explaining Ireland's PR-STV voting system,' they wrote.
"Past pupil Barry Gallagher presented the report on RTÉ's news2day.
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"This week, we received the wonderful news that the report has won a European Award for Best Kids' News Story!'
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