Kilrush has been awarded a gold medal in Category D of the annual National Tidy Towns Competition.
The prestigious award was announced by Mr. John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government at an awards ceremony in the Helix Centre, Dublin yesterday (Monday).
The County Clare town scored 300 points, an increase of 2 points on last year’s result, to beat off competition from all over Ireland and claim the accolade. The town first received its Gold Medal award in 2007 and since then has been gradually increasing its marks year on year.
For the first time St. Senan’s Primary School in Kilrush also won a special schools award for the Mid West Region for their role in working with the local Tidy Towns Committee.
“Retaining the Gold Medal is a massive achievement for everybody involved as at this level the competition gets more difficult”, stated Murt Collins, Chairman of Kilrush Tidy Towns Committee.
He added that the award marks the culmination of months of hard work by local volunteers and members of the Kilrush Tidy Town’s Committee to improve the appearance of Kilrush.
Kilrush Tidy Towns Committee acknowledged local FAS participants who “worked tirelessly and selflessly to improve the appearance of Kilrush. The volunteers toiled throughout the summer in various public areas to create and maintain flowerbeds, keeps streets tidy, cut grass and pick up litter.”
According to Mr. Collins: “Key to our progress in the Tidy Towns scheme has been the partnership approach that we adopted some years ago. There is a broad range of groups and organisations now involved in promoting and enhancing the appearance of the town including the local Tidy Towns Committee, FAS schemes, the staff from Kilrush Town Council, the local business sector, and the community of Kilrush.”
Mr. John Corry, Kilrush Town Clerk explained that taking part in the Tidy Towns Competition has impacted positively on the appearance of the town.
He added: “In recent years, Kilrush has been scoring consistently high in many categories of the competition. The improved appearance of the town has been observed and commented upon by the many thousands of visitors to the town each year. This can only have positive consequences for the town’s image and future growth.” He added that it is so encouraging to see the children of the local primary school acknowledged for their role in working with the local committee and hopes their participation can now be strengthened further during 2011.”
The Tidy Towns competition is a national competition organised by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The competition involves participating towns being rated on all aspects of their local environment. The Tidy Towns competition has now been running in Ireland for 52 years and each year attracts entries from more than 750 local communities throughout the country.
The prestigious award was announced by Mr. John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government at an awards ceremony in the Helix Centre, Dublin yesterday (Monday).
The County Clare town scored 300 points, an increase of 2 points on last year’s result, to beat off competition from all over Ireland and claim the accolade. The town first received its Gold Medal award in 2007 and since then has been gradually increasing its marks year on year.
For the first time St. Senan’s Primary School in Kilrush also won a special schools award for the Mid West Region for their role in working with the local Tidy Towns Committee.
“Retaining the Gold Medal is a massive achievement for everybody involved as at this level the competition gets more difficult”, stated Murt Collins, Chairman of Kilrush Tidy Towns Committee.
He added that the award marks the culmination of months of hard work by local volunteers and members of the Kilrush Tidy Town’s Committee to improve the appearance of Kilrush.
Kilrush Tidy Towns Committee acknowledged local FAS participants who “worked tirelessly and selflessly to improve the appearance of Kilrush. The volunteers toiled throughout the summer in various public areas to create and maintain flowerbeds, keeps streets tidy, cut grass and pick up litter.”
According to Mr. Collins: “Key to our progress in the Tidy Towns scheme has been the partnership approach that we adopted some years ago. There is a broad range of groups and organisations now involved in promoting and enhancing the appearance of the town including the local Tidy Towns Committee, FAS schemes, the staff from Kilrush Town Council, the local business sector, and the community of Kilrush.”
Mr. John Corry, Kilrush Town Clerk explained that taking part in the Tidy Towns Competition has impacted positively on the appearance of the town.
He added: “In recent years, Kilrush has been scoring consistently high in many categories of the competition. The improved appearance of the town has been observed and commented upon by the many thousands of visitors to the town each year. This can only have positive consequences for the town’s image and future growth.” He added that it is so encouraging to see the children of the local primary school acknowledged for their role in working with the local committee and hopes their participation can now be strengthened further during 2011.”
The Tidy Towns competition is a national competition organised by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The competition involves participating towns being rated on all aspects of their local environment. The Tidy Towns competition has now been running in Ireland for 52 years and each year attracts entries from more than 750 local communities throughout the country.
