In mid-April of this year, Topic highlighted the efforts of young Shane King, from Ballinagore, who is now a third year student in Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan. Shane entered the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) 2021 competition in which he had to produce and edit a three minute video report based on an environment topic, and send it to local audiences through different media outlets.
He went on to win the 1st prize in the Litter Less Campaign in the 11-14 year old YRE international competition, after winning at national level.
