Tidy Towns set good example

TOWNS and villages across the south-east who excelled in this year’s Tidy Towns Competition have been hailed as a shining example to others.

Any town or village with the necessary drive, enthusiasm and initiative could also set its sights on achieving such an award, according to Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Batt O’Keeffe.

At a ceremony in Lismore Castle last night, he presented awards to tireless voluntary groups from Waterford, Carlow, Tipperary South, Wexford and Kilkenny, who had excelled in this year’s National Tidy Towns Competition.