Columban Competition Results 2019

Below are the results from our 2019 Journalism competition, the theme was The Challenge Of Climate Change.

Independent Catholic News - Announcement of winners

British Region Winners

First place article

Presentations to Winners


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1st Place

'Facing up to Climate Change', Anna Joy Marshall, St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield

2nd Place

'Climate Monsters', Jessy Oreoluwa Sodimu, Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington

Joint 3rd Place

'It takes cool people to help a warm planet', Anushka Fernandes, St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes

'We need to talk about our future, because I want there to be one', Mary-Cindy Okafor, St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes

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1st Place

Oliver Wilkins and Dillon Thompson, Bishop Challoner School, Kings Heath, Birmingham

2nd Place

Erin Rodger, Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School, Coventry

Irish Region Winners

First place article


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1st Place

'A Cry for Action', Ailbhe Murphy, Salerno Secondary School, Salthill, Co Galway

2nd Place

'A Planet in Peril', Tola Ni Shuilleabhain, Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty, Co Cork

3rd Place

'The Challenge of Climate Change', Fiachra Mooney, St Vincent's College, Castleknock, Dublin

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1st Place

Elizabeth Scanlan, Christ the King Girls' Secondary School, South Douglas Road, Cork City

2nd Place

Kate Gallagher, Róisín Kelly and Hazel Toomey, Salesian College, Copsewood, Pallaskenry, Co Limerick

Joint 3rd Place

Jamie Finnegan, David Burke and Mark Cox, CBS Roscommon, Abbeytown, Ballypheasan, Roscommon, Co Roscommon

Hazel McMorrow, St Louis Secondary School, Glen Road, Monaghan, Co Monaghan