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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has celebrated the winners of its annual Schools' Environmental Poster competition, with ten pupils selected from hundreds of entries submitted by over 50 schools across the district.
Environmental Poster Competition with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Chairperson, Cllr Philip Campbell, Council officials, teachers and parents in the foyer
of the Council offices in Downpatrick.
The prizegiving took place in the Council Chamber in Downpatrick, where Councillor Philip Campbell, Council Chairperson, welcomed pupils and guests. The competition required primary and secondary school pupils throughout the district to design a poster on an environmental topic of their choice, with this year's entries highlighting issues including climate change, single use plastics and litter.
Two winning posters will be displayed on billboards in Newry City and Downpatrick in early 2026. Dobrusia Mankowska of St Mary's Primary School, Barr and Alex Doyle of Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, will see their designs transformed into the large-scale displays.
District Council Chairperson Philip Campbell.
Councillor Campbell presented each winner with a framed copy of their poster and a voucher. "Everyone here today is a winner. I am highly impressed by how you all have been able to use your obvious artistic talents to highlight important environmental issues such as Climate Change, Single Use Plastics and the damaging litter it creates. I look forward to seeing Dobrusia and Alex's posters transformed into billboards in early 2026," said Cllr Campbell.
The primary school winners were Eoin Tumelty, Sacred Heart PS, Dundrum; Éanna McKibben, St Columban's PS, Kilkeel; John McArdle, Clonalig PS, Culloville; Dobrusia Mankowska, St Mary's PS, Barr and Erin Mackin, Carrick PS, Burren.
Secondary school winners were Kirya Young, St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel; Hannah Bradley, Sacred Heart Grammar, Newry; Alex Doyle, Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch; Daniel Campbell, Abbey CBS, Newry and Shea Friary, St Joseph's Boys' High School, Newry.
