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#Tidy Towns
# tidy-towns - Monday 24 September, 2018
This is Ireland's tidiest town
Listowel picked up the prestigious award this afternoon.
# tidy-towns - Saturday 21 July, 2018
"It's magic": what this Tidy Towns judge has learned after almost four decades in the business
We spoke to Ann O’Leary, who has been judging Tidy Towns for 38 years, ahead of this year’s competition.
# tidy-towns - Sunday 1 July, 2018
How to win Tidy Towns: We speak to last year's winners as they prepare to defend their title
Birdhill became national winners last year as well as earning the tidiest village award for a consecutive year after 2016.
# tidy-towns - Sunday 10 June, 2018
Galway clean-up groups say they're concerned about 'which roads they'll be allowed to clean'
Voluntary groups are not permitted to work on roads with traffic volumes greater than 1000 vehicles per day.
# tidy-towns - Tuesday 8 May, 2018
Westport to become Ireland's first plastic straw-free town
Pubs are already on board the initiative which is part of their entry into the 2018 Tidy Towns competition.
# tidy-towns - Saturday 21 April, 2018
Tidy Towns groups across the country are asking campaigners not to put up posters
This might be why some posters are missing in your town.
# tidy-towns - Wednesday 3 January, 2018
Ennis has been declared Ireland's cleanest town
The runners up were Roscommon and last year’s winner Kildare.
# tidy-towns - Saturday 30 September, 2017
Quiz: Name the Tidy Towns winner
Spruce up your knowledge.
# tidy-towns - Monday 25 September, 2017
This is Ireland's tidiest town
The town in the west of Tipperary picked up the prestigious award this afternoon.
# tidy-towns - Friday 7 July, 2017
This Cork village claims it could raise €19,000 per day if it fines everyone who litters
Glounthaune village sees 130 littering offences every day.
# tidy-towns - Saturday 27 May, 2017
'It's not just about tidiness, it gives you a network and set of friends'
Members of the Wexford Tidy Towns committee travelled to Tidy Towns winner Skerries as part of the Journal Journeys competition.
# tidy-towns - Monday 26 September, 2016
This is Ireland's tidiest town
Minister for Regional Economic Development Michael Ring said Skerries was a “worthy winner”.
# tidy-towns - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
These are the 'best kept' towns in Ireland
The winners of the all-Ireland competition were announced today.
# tidy-towns - Monday 1 February, 2016
Wicklow village convinces politicians to keep the place a poster-free zone during the election
Glenealy Tidy Towns say they are delighted with the result.
# tidy-towns - Monday 28 September, 2015
This is Ireland's tidiest town...
Letterkenny has won for the first time at its 57th try.
# tidy-towns - Saturday 20 December, 2014
Twink, Superquinn sausages, Irish Water, and punts: Ireland by numbers in 2014
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
# tidy-towns - Monday 8 September, 2014
And the tidiest town in Ireland is...
849 entries. Only one winner.
# tidy-towns - Monday 18 August, 2014
Dublin, Cork and Limerick are the dirtiest cities in Ireland
The good news is that 75% of towns and cities were found to be as clean or cleaner than European counterparts.
# tidy-towns - Friday 1 November, 2013
OPW hands former Ballymote Garda station over to local community
An art-deco building that was closed in 2009 will be licensed to local community groups.
# tidy-towns - Friday 11 October, 2013
Love/Hate blamed for decapitated ducks
Animal Rights group ARAN is willing to offer a reward of €1500 if someone comes forward with information that leads to a conviction.
# tidy-towns - Tuesday 2 July, 2013
Guess where Ireland's best kept village is...
Here’s a hint: It’s also the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town, announced earlier today.
# tidy-towns - Sunday 7 April, 2013
You know we had a 'Gathering' 60 years ago, right?
‘An Tóstal’ was organised in 1953 to encourage visitors to come to Ireland outside of the normal tourist season. And it gave us the Rose of Tralee.
# tidy-towns - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Do you live in Ireland's tidiest town?
The Minister for the Environment officially launched the competition, saying that it is important to present Ireland “in the best possible light”.
# tidy-towns - Monday 7 January, 2013
IBAL Litter League 2012: Where did your town finish?
Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s most litter-free town by Irish Business Against Litter. Did your town feature highly?
Kilkenny named Ireland's cleanest town for 2012
The Marble City pips Cavan and Killarney to be named Ireland’s cleanest by Irish Business Against Litter.
80% of Irish towns 'as clean' as European average
More than 80 per cent of Irish towns are clean or cleaner than the European average – but Dublin’s north inner city has been branded a blackspot.
# tidy-towns - Thursday 28 June, 2012
Ghost estate turned into outdoor art exhibition
What would you do with Ireland’s ghost estates?
# tidy-towns - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Green light given to most third level colleges graded on litter and cleanliness
Just one third-level campus has been marked as “heavily littered” following the IBAL survey.
# tidy-towns - Monday 9 January, 2012
Update: And the winner of the cleanest town in Ireland is…
The Irish Business Against Litter group has named the outright winner among Ireland’s tidiest towns – and delivered some bad news for Dublin and Cork.
# tidy-towns - Monday 5 September, 2011
Killarney crowned Ireland's tidiest town
The Co Kerry town has picked up two prizes for cleanliness in the past week.
# tidy-towns - Monday 13 September, 2010
Scrub up for a trip to Ireland's least tidy towns
New entrants from Limerick and Monaghan score lowest in the Tidy Towns – but popular tourist spot Bunratty is only just better.
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Poll: Have you had problems getting a doctor's appointment recently?
AN INVESTIGATION BY the Sunday Independent has found that almost half of Ireland’s GP practices are operating at maximum capacity.
According to the newspaper, 44% of surgeries are unable to see new patients because of a lack of GPs.
The constraints are affecting patients across the country, while experts are also warning that they are negatively affecting how doctors are able to treat patients already on their books.
So today we’re asking: Have you had problems getting a doctor’s appointment recently?
Poll Results:
No (4017)
Yes, but I got one eventually (3381)
Yes, and I wasn't able to get one (1468)
I've never needed a GP appointment (535)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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