We have been delighted with the response to our PEACE Poetry Competition which was opened up to all of the schools in the AIJS network. Entries have been received from far and wide. It has been a challenge to judge the poems such has been the standard of the entries.  We are heartened to know the importance our budding poets attribute to'peace and its place at the core of our society.

It gives us great pleasure to announce winners of the various categories:

• P1- P2 Category: Avila O'Sullivan (St Andrew's College)
• P3- P4 Category: Eimhinn Herbots (St Conleth's College)
• P5-P6 Category: Abigail Moran (Alexandra College)

We are delighted to list the runners-up in the three categories:

• P1- P2 Category: Síofra Buckley (Scoil Mhuire, Cork)
• P3- P4 Category: Olivia Wilson (Alexandra College)
• P5- P6 Category: Oscar O'Keeffe (Wicklow Montessori Primary School)