MEP welcomes school competition winners to Brussels

STUDENTS from Ireland were recently welcomed to the European Parliament in Brussels by Mairead McGuinness, MEP for Mayo and first Vice-President of the European Parliament.

Participating in the Graduate.ie schools competition, an online competition to win a trip to the European Parliament to participate in Euroscola, the students aged between 16 to 18 from across the EU have the chance to become an MEP for a day. They debate, negotiate, amend, vote and adopt resolutions on real European issues.

A number of Mayo students who were competition winners visited the Parliament in Brussels before travelling to Strasbourg.

MEP McGuinness explained the functioning of the EU institutions to the students, Ireland's role in the EU and current issues.

MEP McGuinness is pictured here with (from left) Conall Lynch, St. Gerald's College, Castlebar, Marie Moran, group leader, David McGinty, Colaiste Pobail Acla, Tara O'Keeffe, Bleanaskill, Achill Sound, Laoise Conway, Colaiste Pobail Acla, Kyle Crowe, Ballinrobe Community School, and Eavan Cafferkey, St. Joseph's Secondary School, Castlebar.