Clean sweep: Westport wins tidiest town title

WESTPORT yesterday bridged a five-year gap to take the title as Ireland’s tidiest town for 2006.

A great shout went up in thronged St Patrick’s Hall in Dublin Castle when the Co Mayo town emerged from nearly 700 other competitors. It also won the coveted award in 2001.

Elsie Higgins, chairperson of the tidy town’s committee, said this year’s challenge was to retain the marks Westport won in 2005.