Tidy Towns Results 2007

Aughrim, Co.Wicklow was awarded the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Town 2007. Aughrim came close last year when they won the Tidiest Small Town category and were just one point behind the overall winner, Westport.
The County Wicklow town was chosen from over 800 other competitors in this year’s National Tidy Towns Competition. Other winners included Birdhill, Co. Tipperary - Ireland’s Tidiest Village for the second time in a row, Killarney, Co. Kerry which received the Ireland’s Tidiest Large Town award and Letterkenny Co. Donegal was named Ireland's Tidiest Large Urban Centre. Aughrim also received the award of Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town.
The winner of the Tidy Towns Schools Award, which was launched last year, was St. Mary’s National School, Enfield, Co. Meath.
On hand to present the prizes in St. Patrick’s Hall in Dublin Castle was Mr. John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Mr. Donal Horgan, Managing Director of SuperValu, the competition’s national sponsor. Representatives of hundreds of Tidy Towns Committees from around Ireland travelled to Dublin to see Minister Gormley present the overall prize - a perpetual trophy and a cheque for €15,000 - to the Aughrim Tidy Towns Committee. Click here for more on this years Tidy Towns Results.

As the national Tidy Towns competition moves towards it’s 50th anniversary in 2008, Repak is delighted to continue its positive sponsorship arrangement with the DoEHLG and Ireland’s premier local community initiative, dedicated to ‘caring for the environment’.

In addition to the sponsorship of the 7 Regional Awards, Repak has again committed to the sponsorship of the new award for the ‘best presented and maintained bring bank site in each region’. This attracts a prize of €1,000 for the winner in each region and takes account both of presentation and utilisation by the local community in its evaluation. Certainly this award has complimented the existing Repak grant scheme which offers assistance to any local authority which is anxious to establish new bring bank sites in its area.
Repak wish to congratulate each award winner whose achievements were also announced at yesterday's official ceremony in Dublin.

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Best Presented Bring Bank

Dublin: Skerries, Co Dublin
Midlands East: Cullyfad, Co Longford
South East: Emly, Co Tipperary
Northwest: Keash, Co Sligo
South East: Piltown, Co Kilkenny
South West: Portmagee, Co Kerry
West: Partry, Co Mayo
Overall Winner for Best Presented Bring Bank: Partry, Co. Mayo

Results for the Regional Awards:

Dublin: Skerries, Co. Dublin
Midlands East: Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
Mid West: Birdhill, Co Tipperary
Northwest: Letterkenny, Co Donegal
South East: Lismore, Co Waterford
South West: Killarney, Co Kerry
West: Westport Co Mayo