Eyeries eyes are smiling

A picture postcard village of just 70 people has been declared the best kept place in Ireland.

Hugh O’Neill, chairman of the Eyeries Tidy Towns Committee in Co Cork said he was “flabbergasted” after Eyeries was named overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Towns at a ceremony in Belfast yesterday.

“We never thought in our wildest dreams that we’d get both the best kept village award and overall award.