Dimma Books remember Roscrea's Dr Aisling Butler and mark biodiversity week

To celebrate National Biodiversity Week Roscrea's boutique bookstore are offering related books at discount prices.

Dimma Books, the charity bookstore located in the Vincent's SVP shop on Church Street in Roscrea will have a table full of bargain books on all aspects of the environment.

Roscrea People in association with Crann will also visit senior classes in Coolderry Central School and the Sacred Heart primary school in Roscrea to plant a memorial tree and give, in association with RHSI Bellefield, some plants and books to 6th class in each school.

Also on Friday, May 23 the Sacred Heart NS will hold their Dr Aisling Butler Memorial Day, when new collections of books will be added, through the sponsorship of the Butler family to Dr Aisling's library in the school.

Dr Aisling Butler, age 26, died in the crash of Air France flight 447, killing all 216 passengers and 12 crew members.

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Three young Irish women, who graduated from Trinity College Dublin medical school in 2007, were returning from a holiday in Brazil when they died in the crash. They were Dr Aisling Butler from Roscrea; Dr Jane Deasy, age 27, from Dublin, and Dr Eithne Walls, age 28, from Co Down.

Dr Butler was a past pupil of the Sacred Heart NS in Roscrea.