School students have been striking across the country today, calling for more climate action from the government.

These “Fridays for Future” demonstrations are taking place Dublin, Galway, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Sligo and Donegal, joining strikes from schoolchildren worldwide.

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Ella Joyce, a student who was at the protest in Sligo and Magdalena Sedlmayr, who was at the Dublin protest...

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