A group of Dublin schoolgirls from Loreto High School in Rathfarnham have sent St. Brigid’s Peace Crosses to US President, Ronald Reagan and Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev.

Report shows children posting their two peace crosses at the General Post Office in Dublin.

Children reading out the contents of the two letters.

Interview with student on what motivated the group to send these peace symbols to the two presidents.

St. Brigid's Peace Cross.

Archive footage of people in Africa, nuclear missiles being fired, and a woman walking on her knees across a desert.

The reporter is Caroline Erskine.

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