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Students will take to the streets in Galway tomorrow (Friday) as part of an international movement that will see students across 150 countries strike in a demonstrative response to what they consider a lack of action by global leaders when it comes to climate change.

In excess of one hundred local secondary school students and a large ground swell of support marched through the streets of Athlone on Friday afternoon passionately calling upon the Government to act on climate change.

In August of 2018, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg walked out of school and sat, alone, outside the Swedish parliament with a hand-painted cardboard sign saying ‘Skolstrejk för klimatet‘ (School strike for the climate).