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Sunday 27 September 2020
The annual competition was one of the many events cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The competition has been running since 1958.
The email entries were not received by the Department of Community and Rural Development.
It’s in Co Monaghan.
Listowel picked up the prestigious award this afternoon.
We spoke to Ann O’Leary, who has been judging Tidy Towns for 38 years, ahead of this year’s competition.
Birdhill became national winners last year as well as earning the tidiest village award for a consecutive year after 2016.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Voluntary groups are not permitted to work on roads with traffic volumes greater than 1000 vehicles per day.
Pubs are already on board the initiative which is part of their entry into the 2018 Tidy Towns competition.
This might be why some posters are missing in your town.
The runners up were Roscommon and last year’s winner Kildare.
Spruce up your knowledge.
The town in the west of Tipperary picked up the prestigious award this afternoon.
Glounthaune village sees 130 littering offences every day.
Members of the Wexford Tidy Towns committee travelled to Tidy Towns winner Skerries as part of the Journal Journeys competition.
Minister for Regional Economic Development Michael Ring said Skerries was a “worthy winner”.
The winners of the all-Ireland competition were announced today.
Glenealy Tidy Towns say they are delighted with the result.
Letterkenny has won for the first time at its 57th try.
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
849 entries. Only one winner.
The good news is that 75% of towns and cities were found to be as clean or cleaner than European counterparts.
An art-deco building that was closed in 2009 will be licensed to local community groups.
Animal Rights group ARAN is willing to offer a reward of €1500 if someone comes forward with information that leads to a conviction.
Here’s a hint: It’s also the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town, announced earlier today.
‘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.
The Minister for the Environment officially launched the competition, saying that it is important to present Ireland “in the best possible light”.
Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s most litter-free town by Irish Business Against Litter. Did your town feature highly?
The Marble City pips Cavan and Killarney to be named Ireland’s cleanest by Irish Business Against Litter.
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.
What would you do with Ireland’s ghost estates?
Just one third-level campus has been marked as “heavily littered” following the IBAL survey.
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.
The Co Kerry town has picked up two prizes for cleanliness in the past week.
New entrants from Limerick and Monaghan score lowest in the Tidy Towns – but popular tourist spot Bunratty is only just better.
ANY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL of flu in the community could lead to the Covid-19 test and trace system being overwhelmed as people present with similar symptoms, health experts say.
Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry told TheJournal.ie that because flu and Covid-19 both seriously impact on vulnerable and older groups, health officials want to “avoid a twin attack on the same populations” in Ireland.
He said the focus will also be on keeping down the level of flu among those who will not be seriously ill with it, but who may pass it on to those vulnerable groups.
This is why the flu vaccine without charge has been extended to a number of other groups this year, including to children aged two to 12. Previously this applied only to those over the age of 70.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan to get the flu vaccine this upcoming winter?
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