North Mon Awarded 3rd Yellow Flag

North Monastery Co-educational Secondary School has been awarded a Yellow Flag in recognition of our commitment to interculturalism and anti-racism. This marks the second time our school has received this honour at the annual Yellow Flag Programme (YFP) Awards ceremony in Dublin.

The Yellow Flag Programme supports schools in actively challenging racism and discrimination. We are proud to join 136 primary and post-primary schools across the country who are implementing the Yellow Flag steps to embed inclusivity and diversity into both school practice and policy.

North Monastery Co-educational Secondary School was the first school in Munster to receive the Yellow Flag in 2014, and has since been awarded the honour again in 2018 and, most recently, in 2025.

Programme Co-ordinator Claire Dunlea, described the anti-racism and inclusion policy: “Our policy highlights our diversity and emphasises support for inclusion in the entire school community,” Ms Dunlea said.

“By bringing attention to and celebrating this diversity, through language, celebrating traditions, finding out about various cultures, religious practices, festivals and how life is lived in the 46 different countries and ethnicities that make up our school community, knowledge and respect increase and racism, discrimination and exclusion decrease.”