By Paul McElwee BUNCRANA folk were celebrating this week after the town scooped the accolade of being Donegal’s tidiest town for the third year in a row. The news emerged as the annual Tidy Town’s competition, sponsored by SuperValu, announced their winners at Friday’s ceremony in Croke Park, which was live-streamed to countless watchers hoping […]
Helpful Ukrainians give Dunfanaghy Square a facelift
THE square in Dunfanaghy has been receiving a facelift courtesy of a group of Ukrainians who are resident in the area. The team were busy on Tuesday repainting the metalwork on the railings, benches, bollards, and signboards, which had been badly tarnished. The operation was organised by Dunfanaghy Tidy Towns, which provided tins of black […]
‘We can all play our part’- Beautiful Carrigart hoping for Tidy Towns success
CARRIGART Tidy Towns are appealing to residents and business owners to ensure their properties are looking their best when the first adjudication happens towards the end of June. Reminding locals that the village has won the prestigious Gaeltacht Award 16 times, a spokesperson for the Tidy Towns said a lot of hard work has gone […]
Letterkenny Tidy Towns unveils bold plan to reclaim coveted title
BY JEROME HUGHES LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns has launched its most ambitious plan ever, designed to reclaim its 2015 title when winners are announced in October. The Tidy Towns committee, made up of 18 core members, launched a 3-year Action Plan in An Grianán Theatre on Tuesday after securing funding for the initiative from Donegal County […]
Graffiti in Letterkenny ‘getting out of hand’
by Kate Heaney GRAFFITI in Letterkenny is ‘getting out of hand’ and is causing major problems for the Tidy Towns, according to Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh who raised the issue at this week’s meeting of the Letterkenny Municipal District. Cllr Kavanagh said the message needs to go out that graffiti on property is an offence and […]
Busy weekend for the Tidy Towns volunteers
LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns volunteers were busy on Sunday when they collected 18 bags of litter from around the town. The cosmopolitan group of volunteers were missing their Ukrainian members on Sunday as they were celebrating their traditional Easter festival. Organiser Neil Brockley thanked all of the volunteers for their great work and encouraged anyone who […]
Mevagh Parish to host clean up this weekend
THE parish of Mevagh are hosting their annual clean up this weekend and would welcome the help of any volunteers willing to lend a hand. The annual An Taisce National Spring Clean in the parish is a joint operation between Carrigart Tidy Towns in conjunction with Downings Tidy Towns, Glen and Mevagh Development and Donegal […]
Letterkenny ranked sixth cleanest town
LETTERKENNY has been ranked sixth in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey, making it one of the cleanest towns in the country. The cathedral town scooped the sixth spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities nationwide and was deemed ‘cleaner than European norms’. Naas was found to be the country’s cleanest town in […]
Follow the flight of the bee in Letterkenny
LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns’ ‘Flight of the Bee’ mural at the Jim McCormick Memorial urban garden has been completed. It forms part of a collection of biodiversity inspired street art that has been developed around the town in recent months. The educational images are centred around the theme of bees and pollination and form the ‘Flight […]
Helping to bring the buzz back into Letterkenny
THERE is a real buzz about Letterkenny this week as more than 100,000 native black honey bees have taken to the skies. It is part of growing efforts to bring nature back into urban areas that will see beehives placed on flat root roofs around the town to increase biodiversity. Phase One of the ambitious […]