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Tidy Towns Competition
The national Tidy Towns initiative is an annual competition organised by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with the support of the main sponsor SuperValu and many other agencies. The competition involves participating areas being rated on all aspects of their local environment and prizes awarded to the best under many different categories. The overall winner is "Ireland's Tidiest Town". which is announced at a national ceremony in September each year.
With progress monitored and detailed feedback provided year on year, most participants initially enter the competition to generate interest about the environment in their community and create a solid platform on which to raise issues with the relevant authorities. Over time, participants attain a standard where competing for major prizes is within reach. As such it is very much a development programme as much as a competition.
For current news and to access the free Tidy Towns on-line archive, go to http://www.tidytowns.ie/
Publications & Documents
- National Tidy Towns Competition 2010 – Trainee Adjudicators (doc, 105 kb)
- Tidy Towns Results 2009 (doc, 1,185 kb)
- Tidy Town Results 2008 (pdf, 3,515 kb)
- Tidy Town Results 2007 (pdf, 2,851 kb)
- Tidy Towns Results 2006 (pdf, 1,197 kb)
- Tidy Towns Results 2005 (doc, 1,287 kb)
- Attitudes to Tidy Towns (doc, 43 kb)
- more publications
News and Speeches
- 22/06/10: Killarney, County Kerry is Ireland’s Best Kept Town, 2010
- 31/03/10: VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2010 NATIONAL TIDY TOWNS COMPETITION
- 07/09/09: EMLY IS IRELAND’S TIDIEST TOWN IN 2009
- 23/06/09: Newcastle, County Down is Ireland’s Best Kept Town, 2009
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